想要“删除痛苦记忆”？科学家发现新方法_BEC初级作文

想要“删除痛苦记忆”？科学家发现新方法

麦基尔大学研究人员的研究基于这样的理论，即记忆在被记起时更容易被影响。

pliable: [ˈplaɪəbəl] adj. 易弯的；柔韧的；可塑的；能适应的

For around two to five hours after recall Dr Brunet believes a memory can be modified before it is re-stored or 'reconsolidated'.

布吕内博士认为，在回忆往事大约2到5小时后，可以对记忆进行修改，然后重新存储或“重新巩固”。

Propranolol is believed to stop proteins in the brain from re-storing the memory in the way it did before, meaning some details of the memory are lost.

“心得安”被认为会阻止大脑中的蛋白质像以前那样重新存储记忆，因此记忆的一些细节会丢失。

Boston University neuroscientist Steve Ramirez claims 'memory is dynamic' and each time you 'open' a memory you effectively press 'save as' as if it is a word file, with any changes you may have made unwittingly saved until next time you recall the memory.

波士顿大学的神经学家史蒂夫·拉米雷斯称，“记忆是动态的”，每次你“打开”一段记忆时，你实际上是在按下“保存”键，就好像它是一个word文档，你可能无意中做出的任何改变都会在你再次回忆起这段记忆时得以保存。

Ethical concerns also arise over how many and which types of memories the technique could be used for - should people be allowed to forget an embarrassing drunken episode they may need to learn from?