LA Theatre Works The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Daniela Schiller Interview for What You Are Now
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Mar 24, 2023 AI Snips
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Involvement with "What You Are Now"
- Dr. Schiller's involvement began with an email from playwright Sam Chanse.
- Years later, she saw the play, finding it moving and accurate to science and scientists' lives.
Memory Reconsolidation
- For a century, the belief was that memories, once formed, remain fixed.
- Recent studies reveal memory reconsolidation, enabling modification upon retrieval.
Modifying Traumatic Memories
- Modifying traumatic memories is possible in controlled lab settings with simpler memories.
- Research on modifying complex, deeply ingrained traumatic memories in humans needs further exploration.