Memory
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We initially make the
memory
and then we save it or store it.
But under the right conditions, we can edit that
memory.
This reconsolidation view suggests that those structural changes that happen in the brain to support
memory
can be undone, even for old memories.
It only happens under very specific conditions of
memory
retrieval.
So let's consider
memory
retrieval as being recalling the
memory
or, like, opening the file.
Quite often, we are simply retrieving the
memory.
Not only does this reconsolidation view allow us to account for some of the quirks of memory, like how we all sometimes misremember the past, it also gives us a way to destroy those maladaptive fear memories that underlie PTSD.
If Propranolol was given while the
memory
was in edit mode, rats behaved as if they were no longer afraid of a frightening trigger cue.
Now, not long after that, it was shown that Propranolol could destroy fear memories in humans as well, but critically, it only works if the
memory
is in edit mode.
And with humans, you can test whether destroying the non-declarative emotional
memory
does anything to the declarative event
memory.
Even though people who were given Propranolol while the
memory
was in edit mode were no longer afraid of that frightening trigger cue, they could still describe the relationship between the cue and the frightening outcome.
This suggests that Propranolol can selectively target the non-declarative emotional
memory
but leave the declarative event
memory
intact.
But critically, Propranolol can only have any effect on the
memory
if it's in edit mode.
So how do we make a
memory
unstable?
We know that it depends on introducing some but not too much new information to be incorporated into the
memory.
We know about the different chemicals the brain uses to signal that a
memory
should be updated and the file edited.
Because Propranolol is only acting on the non-declarative emotional memory, it seems unlikely that it would affect eyewitness testimony, which is based on declarative
memory.
Essentially, what these memory-destroying treatments are aiming to do is to reduce the emotional memory, not get rid of the trauma
memory
altogether.
Well, it's the same when you retrieve a memory, especially in edit mode.
If we take a highly visual symptom like flashbacks in PTSD and get people to recall the
memory
in edit mode and then get them to do a highly engaging visual task like playing Tetris, it should be possible to introduce so much interfering information into that
memory
that it essentially becomes meaningless.
And again: the
memory
had to be in edit mode for that to work.
And you can't see the past, except in your
memory.
It's only at higher levels that the other senses join in and there are connections with
memory
and emotion.
I investigate photography's ability to blur truth and fiction, and its influence on memory, which can lead to severe, even lethal consequences.
And a positive identification is made because the photograph replaced the memory, if there ever was an actual
memory.
But the victim refused to press charges because she claimed that law enforcement had permanently altered her
memory
through the use of Frederick's photograph.
Do you have a
memory
like that that you can feel in your body right now?
What I do is, I take out the
memory
card, and I fold it in half, revealing USB contacts.
I am your remaining
memory.
They flash up into my memory, just like Google for pictures.
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