Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit GUY RAZ, HOST: So we've just been hearing from Elizabeth about how easy it is to manipulate memories through the power of suggestion. But what if we could take it one step further? (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RAZ: So, Steve, first of all, introduce yourself. Tell me your first and last name, and what do you do? STEVE RAMIREZ: Sure. My name's Steve Ramirez, and I'm an assistant professor of neuroscience at Boston University. RAZ: And Steve's research is focused on a different kind of memory manipulation, and his interest in this, it all began with a breakup. RAMIREZ: Yeah. So it turns out breakups are not fun. RAZ: It was during his first year of grad school. RAMIREZ: And I was going through a pretty, like, I would say traumatic in quotes breakup. RAZ: And during that breakup, Steve started to relate to a character he'd seen in a movie, "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" with Jim Carrey. RAMIREZ: And Kate Winslet. RAZ: Kate Winslet, of course, yeah.
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