memories

Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists

We know that people make up false memories if prompted. But since our brain never stops being a jerk, we can also convert real memories into things we believe we imagined. Cryptomnesia can strike via our own memories, or our memories of things that others tell us. One of the most famous cases of cryptomnesia…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

What’s Your Earliest Memory of Using a Computer?

We all use computers every day, but at some moment in each of our lives, there was that first meeting. A first interface, if you will. You might not remember the real first time you used a computer, but there’s got to be one shining gem of nostalgia that sticks out in your mind. What…

Tech News Eric Limer

Scientists Erase the Memories of Sleeping Mice

Researchers at Stanford claim they’ve figured out how to erase the traumatic memories of mice while they sleep bringing them one step closer to their goal of ending PTSD for humans. Apparently a prescription memory-eraser could even be on the way. Are we closer to an Eternal Sunshine moment than we think? The conventional treatment…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Scientists Invent Method to Create Memories in Brains

I find this extremely hard to believe, but according to new research published in Nature Neuroscience, scientists have invented a method to induce memories in brains for the first time in history. Total Recall—here we come. The study—published by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Professor of Neurosciences and Physiology/Biophysics Ben Strowbridge, PhD, and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The hoaxes that made fake people famous

How likely is it that people can be made up out of thin air and a bunch of rumors? In the age of Facebook, pretty likely. But it’s happened before — long before the rise of social media. We haven’t got to the point where we can make people disappear. But there have been some…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Happy Memories Become Less Special If You Talk About Them

When we have a positive experience—a great meal, say, or a wonderfully romantic encounter—it’s natural to want to talk about it. But a new study suggests that word-of-mouth stories blunt our feelings about experiences. In other words, telling people about your best kiss or favorite restaurant will make it feel less special. In fact, Sarah…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Summer Is a Walkman in Kuwait

I used to have a waterproof yellow Sony Sports Walkman. This one. I got it in the 8th grade. It was my favorite thing ever. When I think of it, I think of summer. I think of being young. Pretty much all I remember about being a YMCA lifeguard the summer after my 8th grade…

Tech News Mat Honan

A Vintage Photo Blog That’s Actually Pretty Cool

There are a lot of photo blogs out there dedicated to collecting vintage photos, but I like the spin that relative newcomer Dear Photograph puts on the formula. It’s not the first time this has been done, sure, but the quality of the submissions is uniformly excellent, and the effect—especially in the photos that show…

Tech News Max Read

Adapting My Pandora Preferences Based On My Completely Objective Opinions About Music

Don’t you just love how much Pandora knows about you and your taste in music, and the terrible memories from your past it conjures up based on a magical algorithm? So does McSweeney’s Sarah Rosenshine. “One (Is The Loneliest Number)” THREE DOG NIGHT Thanks, Pandora! But I’m going to have to say “No” on this…

Tech News Sarah Rosenshine - McSweeney's

Now You Can Pay to Have Your Facebook Profile Made Into a Real Book

If you view your Facebook status updates, wall posts and pictures as precious memories, you have a problem (besides the obvious mental one): How do you keep them from disappearing into Facebook’s overwhelming data-maw? Enter Ninuku Archivist. For $24 a year, Ninuku Archivist automatically downloads your personal data from Facebook each month and sorts it…

Social Media Adrian Chen

Memory Lane

Memory is a fickle thing. As far as my brain is concerned, I didn’t exist before age three. Remembering four or five is easier, but there are holes. Thankfully, all it takes are some voyeuristic navigation tools to fill them. Google Maps and Street View. These burrs in the side of privacy advocates and “get…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Walking in Salman Rushdie’s Digital Footsteps

The Salman Rushdie archive on display at Emory, with its handwritten journals and 18GB scattered across four Apple computers, is unlike any other—you can log in to a computer, search his folders, scan his Stickies, run his apps. Emory is emulating his desktop computer, creating a simulation of his original work environment. This is the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Scientists Use Lasers to Create False Memories in Flies

A team of researchers experimented with fruit flies and found that by genetically engineering some flies, they were able to give those flies the “memory” of pain that they never actually experienced. It’s kind of complicated and kind of creepy. Basically, and I use the word loosely, the researchers understand that fruit flies are able,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

NYC Giz Meetup Was Successful, if a Bit Soggy

This past Saturday, a brave group of Giz readers braved 90 degree heat followed by raging thunderstorms to hang out in Coney Island, drink some beers and watch some totally inept minor league baseball. It was awesome. Sure, we all got caught in what felt like the storm of the century right when we entered…

Tech News Adam Frucci

This secret underground facility guards all Lego sets ever made

I have to confess that life hasn’t been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly… all while moving to a country I don’t particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that’s why visiting Lego’s Memory Lane—the secret vault guarding almost every…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Drug Developed that Erases Specific Memories

Researchers have created a drug that wipes out a single, specific memory in rats. They trained the rats to be scared of a specific tone, as they always got shocked when they heard it, but after given the drug they ceased to be afraid of the sound. Great! Boy, I can’t wait until every time…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists

What’s Your Earliest Memory of Using a Computer?

Scientists Erase the Memories of Sleeping Mice

Scientists Invent Method to Create Memories in Brains

The hoaxes that made fake people famous

Happy Memories Become Less Special If You Talk About Them

Summer Is a Walkman in Kuwait

A Vintage Photo Blog That’s Actually Pretty Cool

Adapting My Pandora Preferences Based On My Completely Objective Opinions About Music

Now You Can Pay to Have Your Facebook Profile Made Into a Real Book

Memory Lane

Walking in Salman Rushdie’s Digital Footsteps

Scientists Use Lasers to Create False Memories in Flies

NYC Giz Meetup Was Successful, if a Bit Soggy

This secret underground facility guards all Lego sets ever made

Drug Developed that Erases Specific Memories

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