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Todd Sacktor

The Real Science of Erasing Your Brain

What if you could erase any knowledge of unpleasant experiences? It would be easier than forgetting, wouldn’t it? This is not just a Hollywood fantasy as in the plotline of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” In reality, scientists have been working for years on figuring out how memories are stored, and how we can […]

The Ability to Erase Traumatic Memories Biologically

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