brave_new_world Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6595798/site/newsweek/ A new pill able to increase our memory is in experimental stages. A memory destroying pill is also being worked on. What do you guys think of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badchad Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Seems that if it works and is relatively free of side effects then it's fine and progress marches on. Our laboratory did some studies on ginkgo biloba a few years back. What we found was that rats given ginkgo biloba were able to leanr how to complete a maze in less sessions than those given placebo. Seems to work, unless it has horrendous side effects, I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 "here comes the Men In Black... Galaxy Defenders..." oh dear, whatever next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 A memory destroying pill is also being worked on. dont sound very useful to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasori Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Does for spying and kidnappers/molesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Watch "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" or "Paycheck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rebel Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 dont sound very useful to me I should imagine this would be used for government secrets . . . I could do with the memory pill though. If something clicks it stays for time, but my recall . . . hopeless. Lucky to remember what I had for dinner yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deified Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 The memory destroying pill could have tremendous implications for mental patients. Wouldn't people with post traumatic stress syndrome benefit from this. I suppose it would have to be very effective. If at some point in the distant future they are able to pinpoint memories and erase them, I certainly wouldn't mind being rid of some of the bad memories I have stored up inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeTraveler Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 The problem I see with memory pills is remembering to take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasori Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 That's gone if you're force-fed the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I think ill stick with errm, hmmm, ah! 'ginko biloba' and orange juice, no thats not it; MILK thistle extract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kedas Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 If you take both pills at ones what effect do you get? (only the side effect I assume) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax252 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Seems that if it works and is relatively free of side effects then it's fine and progress marches on. Our laboratory did some studies on ginkgo biloba a few years back. What we found was that rats given ginkgo biloba were able to leanr how to complete a maze in less sessions than those given placebo. Seems to work' date=' unless it has horrendous side effects, I'm all for it.[/quote'] Why did you give a rat a placebo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 As a control, presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kedas Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Why did you give a rat a placebo? To confuse the rat and making it think it got the real stuff I would think to keep the difference between them as little as possible. It sure can't hurt to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax252 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 To confuse the rat and making it think it got the real stuff I would think to keep the difference between them as little as possible. It sure can't hurt to do it. I 'spose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I like my memory pills, I bought them on the net, they aren't fake, but they sure are sugary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Rhedd Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 The memory destroying pill could have tremendous implications for mental patients. Wouldn't people with post traumatic stress syndrome benefit from this. I suppose it would have to be very effective. If at some point in the distant future they are able to pinpoint memories and erase them, I certainly wouldn't mind being rid of some of the bad memories I have stored up inside. If behavior had already altered due to the traumatic event, wouldn't you just struggle with feelings that you could not attribute to anything? Sort of the equivalent of repressed memory in a pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Rhedd Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 The problem I see with memory pills is remembering to take them. Thanks to this thread, I just remembered to take my Ginkgo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 If behavior had already altered due to the traumatic event, wouldn't you just struggle with feelings that you could not attribute to anything? Sort of the equivalent of repressed memory in a pill. If the memory was gone I don't see any problem, unless they want to remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Rhedd Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 If the memory was gone I don't see any problem, unless they want to remember it. What I am getting at is that there are emotional consequences of traumatic events. For a person not to suffer those consequences they would have to take the wipe-out-memory pill immediately after the traumatic event. Otherwise they would experience emotions from the event perhaps and not know why. I am not an expert on memory however but I have, in the course of work I have done, noted children who "repressed" memories of traumatic events but continued to suffer emotional damage. Would this mean that: 1. No memory can ever really be repressed and that it (memory of traumatic event) was available on some level? 2. A memory can be completely destroyed but still influence behavior because it caused reactions that are enforced by habit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Maybie they could equip Ambulence teams/police stations and other places that would have to deal with people straight after the traumatic event with these pills therefore they could have them when it was needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Rhedd Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 That would be of enormous benefit to rapists and armed robbers. Even figuring out how dispense insurance payments from car accidents requires witnesses. Since I have enough trouble retaining my own memories (ADD) I have little sympathy for forgetting pills. Every morning I get up and feel incredibly grateful for Adderall -- the remembering pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pljames Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 I am for it. I have been taught by rote,repeat,repeat ? oops! Now I am working with relate the thing you want to remember to something you can remember, interesting thought. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Rhedd Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 And if you can't remember s**t? What then? I am beginning to think that my ADD is meeting Alzheimer's. Perhaps I should start a new thread on memory stategies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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