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US scientific advances are making the premise of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind more of a reality – goodbye bad and sad times
‘The 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, in which an estranged couple undergo a procedure to erase memories of each other from their brains.’ Photograph: Allstar/Focus Features/Sportsphoto Ltd

New research shows that weakening the connections between specific groups of brain cells can prevent the . , published earlier this week in the journal Neuron, has led some – including the study authors themselves – to speculate that this will eventually lead to treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and, inevitably, to mentioning the 2004 film Eternal

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