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27th Oct 2014

Can Science Erase Your Bad Memories?

This amazing video proves that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might not be as far fetched as it seemed...

Rebecca McKnight

If you could take a pill to erase your bad memories… would you?

It’s been ten years since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was released, raising some heart-wrenching issues around the idea of memory, and what we would choose to forget if we had the option.

Well,  it seems now that science is catching up with art, as this fascinating video explains.

The attempts to better understand memory, could have far-reaching implications for suffers of Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder, among other conditions.