http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/memory-replacement Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:21:19 -0400 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:21:19 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1378/memories-and-fear-treatment-techniques-to-dissociate-traumatic-memories By Amy Roesler - Fear finds its place in the world through numerous forms, including natural disasters, genocide, war, trauma and countless other events which present lasting effects in the lives of those who maintain recollection. The research concerning the alteration of memories is a recent area of study, and while it could prove beneficial in regards to trauma and crippling fear, it also poses an ethical dilemma regarding a person’s identity. Memories associated with fear are seemingly permanently recorded by the brain and are unsusceptible to change. Yet as Michael Specter explained in a 2014 piece... Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:15 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1378/memories-and-fear-treatment-techniques-to-dissociate-traumatic-memories http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/300/memory-replacement-confabulation-and-repression-remembering-creatively By Michael C. Wiseman - The specific purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that would permit an individual to dissociate himself from his true identity, including at a minimum threshold the change in knowledge of some personal events. It is not required that a person believe he is superman to have dissociated from his true identity; all that is required to fit the definition is for the person to blot out a memory of a single event and replace it with another. If someone goes to the store and buys apples yet distinctly remembers buying pears, this would be a perfect example of the phenomenon. With this... Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:49 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/300/memory-replacement-confabulation-and-repression-remembering-creatively