真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法_时事

真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法

本片制作人表示：“在大部分人类历史中，记忆就像一台磁带录音机：忠实的纪录信息，然后按原音重放。”

"But now, researchers are discovering that memory is far more malleable, always being written and rewritten, not just by us but by others. We are discovering the precise mechanisms that can explain and even control our memories."

“不过现在，研究者发现，记忆其实非常可塑，可以不断改写。而改写的人可以是我们自己，也可以是其他人。我们已经发现了能够准确解释、甚至控制我们记忆的大脑运行机制。”

Among the documentary's subjects is Jake Hausler, a 12-year-old boy from St. Louis who can remember just about every single thing he has experienced since the age of 8.

12岁的男孩杰克·豪斯勒是本片中参与试验的人之一。来自圣路易斯的他几乎能清楚的记得自己8岁以来经历过的每件事。

Jake is the youngest ever person to be diagnosed with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, which makes it difficult for him to distinguish between trivial and important events from his past.

在所有患“极端自传式记忆症”的人中，杰克年龄最小。他分辨不出记忆中哪些是不值一记的小事，哪些是值得记住的大事。

真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法2

“Forgetting is probably one of the most important things that brains will do,” says Andre Fenton, a prominent neuroscientist who is currently working on a technique to erase painful memories. “We understand only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to human memory.”