June 18, 2013 08:00 am GMT
Original Link: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/516056/deleting-memories/
Deleting Memories
Techniques that can soften or erase memories raise many ethical questions.
It should go without saying that the ability to selectively erase memories would be a very useful one to have. A person suffering night after night from posttraumatic stress disorder that is resistant to drugs or cognitive therapy would be able to resume his or her career. A young child who cannot forget the horror of watching a parent die in an automobile accident would finally see relief.
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