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  • Study takes step toward erasing bad memories

    02/16/2009 9:45:04 PM PST · by StilettoRaksha · 9 replies · 433+ views
    Reuters ^ | Feb. 15, 2009 | Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday. The generic beta-blocker propranolol significantly weakened people's fearful memories of spiders among a group of healthy volunteers who took it, said Merel Kindt, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, who led the study. "We could show that the fear response went away, which suggests the memory was weakened," Kindt said in a telephone interview.