Five Brain-Manipulating Technologies That Prove Dollhouse Exists Right Now
 

Five Brain-Manipulating Technologies That Prove Dollhouse Exists Right Now

MAD SCIENCE
By Annalee Newitz
5:02 PM on Tue Feb 17 2009

Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse is about a secret organization that supplies mind-wiped sex ninjas to the rich. It's not set in the future because neuromanipulated technoslaves could exist today. Here's proof.

1. We can erase people's memories.
Back in October a study was published in Neuron that proved an enzyme called CaMKII can erase bad memories while you recall them. In Dollhouse, the "actives" have their own memories erased first, and then new memories implanted. The brain-erasure technology is actually the cornerstone of the operation, as it's what turns the actives into blank slates ready to be reprogrammed....

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