Using hypnosis, brain imaging study has given scientists a rather clear indication of what areas of the brain are related to amnesia.
Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process.
The researchers who conducted the study said their insights into the memory suppression and recall process may yield insight into the mechanisms underlying amnesia.
In their experiments, the researchers identified two groups of volunteers–those who were susceptible to hypnotic suggestions and those who were not.
They showed both groups a documentary depicting a day in the life of a young woman. A week later, they placed them in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner and induced them into a hypnotic state.
In this state, the scientists gave the subjects a posthypnotic suggestion to forget the movie, also giving them a reversibility cue that would restore the memory.
Read more about the study at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109173842.htm - fascinating stuff.
All the best,
Brian
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