Re: Is it possible to 'create' artificial memories?

You have asked if scientists could watch synaptic action in one brain, as 
a memory is made, and then electrically stimulate neurons in another brain 
the same way, to create a "false" memory.  Clearly this is not possible 
with current technology, but I can speculate about the future.

I don’t see anything impossible about watching synaptic action as you 
suggest.  It would certainly be a complex job because a memory is not 
stored in a single neuron.  Memories are essentially distributed 
throughout large areas of the brain – a single memory is not stored in a 
single location.  I also don’t see anything impossible about artificially 
stimulating neurons within a brain.

But if in the future these types of technologies become available, I 
still don’t think it would be possible to create artificial memories, 
because everyone’s brain is different.  There are billions of neurons in 
our brains with complex networks of connections between them.  I believe 
that to reproduce a memory from one brain into a second brain, you would 
need to have the exact same network of connections – and that would be 
extraordinarily improbable.