News Stories  Scientists Implant False Memories  Researchers at
MIT have successfully implanted false memories in mice. Using a
technique called optogenetics, researchers were able to isolate
neurons controlling a single memory in the brain, tag them, then
later stimulate them with light to induce the memory.  “If mice
had Hollywood, this would be ‘Inception’ for them,” said Steve
Ramirez, one of the lead researchers of the study, referring to
the 2010 science-fiction film. The study was published online in
the journal Science.  Whitley's latest journal discusses
possibly implanted memories he has of his visitor experiences.
You can read his journal here.  First, researchers discovered a
way to reactivate a memory the mouse has actually experienced.
They triggered the memory of a tiny electrical jolt the mouse
received upon stepping into a red colored chamber. Later, upon
stepping into the same red chamber, the mouse stops suddenly,
recalling a fearful memory of the jolt.  Next, they took a new
mouse let it e