# If You Start Lacuna, I Call "Dibs" on Kirsten Dunst **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593 "2008-12-24T21:06:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/1 "2008-12-24T21:06:59Z")
[Anyone for _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_?](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm) > [@](#): > > The brain acts as a computer to both store information and process that information. In a computer, separate devices perform these roles; while a hard disk stores information, the central processing unit (CPU) does the processing. But the brain is thought to perform both these functions in the same cells – neurons – leading researchers to ask if distinct molecules within the brain cells serve these different functions. > > In a discovery that may one day lead to the ability to erase debilitating painful memories and addictions from the brain, researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have found that a molecule known to preserve memories – PKMzeta – specifically stores complex, high-quality memories that provide detailed information about an animal’s location, fears, and actions, but does not control the ability to process or express this information. This finding suggests that PKMzeta erasure that is designed to target specific debilitating memories could be effective against the offending memory while sparing the computational function of brain. I imagine this’ll really help folks with PTSD if they can ever do it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/2 "2008-12-24T23:01:29Z")
What a cool little find. Thanks for posting that. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/3 "2008-12-24T23:31:20Z")
I will fight you for Kirsten Dunst. Unless you can offer me Jeri Ryan. That is an awesome article though. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/4 "2008-12-25T02:11:15Z")
what about creating memories? Can I remember having Kirsten Dunst dozens of times? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/5 "2008-12-25T08:04:31Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Anyone for _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_?](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223121137.htm)I imagine this’ll really help folks with PTSD if they can ever do it. [QUOTE] In a discovery that may one day lead to the ability to erase debilitating painful memories[/ [QUOTE] While they are talking about eventually erasing specific bad memories , I wonder if this could lead to the fictional death of personality that babylon 5 portrayed. Declan ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-start-lacuna-i-call-dibs-on-kirsten-dunst/478593/6 "2008-12-26T00:20:13Z")
Researchers at the **SUNY** Downstate Medical Center discovered it? How brilliantly bizarre is that???