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NOTallmemoriesaresweet.Somepeoplespendalltheir

livestryingtoforgetbadexperiences.Violenceandtraffic

accidentscanleavepeoplewithterriblephysicaland

emotionalscars.Oftentheyrelivetheseexperiencesin

nightmares.

NowAmericanresearchersthinktheyareclosetodeveloping

apill,whichwillhelppeopleforgetbadmemories.Thepill

isdesignedtobetakenimmediatelyafterafrightening

experience.Theyhopeitmightreduce,orpossiblyerase(抹

去),theeffectofpainfulmemories.

InNovember,expertstestedadrugonpeopleintheUSand

France.Thedrugstopsthebodyreleasingchemicalsthatfix

memoriesinthebrain.Sofartheresearchhassuggestedthat

onlytheemotionaleffectsofmemoriesmaybereduced,not

thatthememoriesareerased.

Theresearchhascausedagreatdealofargument.Somethink

itisabadidea,whileotherssupportit.

Supporterssayitcouldleadtopillsthatpreventortreat

soldierstroublingmemoriesafterwar.Theysaythatthere

aremanypeoplewhosufferfromterriblememories.

youwhenyoudontwanttohavetheminadaydreamornightmare.nightmare.

Pitman,aprofessorofpsychiatryatHarvardMedicalSchool.School.

Butthosewhoareagainsttheresearchsaythatchanging

memoriesisverydangerousbecausememoriesgiveusour

identity(特质).Theyalsohelpusallavoidthemistakesof

thepast.

horribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.Imnotsurewehorribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.Imnotsurewe

medicalethicist.

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