Eliminating a memory is fairly simple, once you have the right tools

…in mice.

   > Q. Your talk is titled “Making and breaking memories.” 
     You and your group have been able to eliminate certain  
     memories associated with fear in mice. How did you do it?

   > A. It’s fairly simple, once you have the right tools and 
     you go about it the right way.

Turns out that "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" is quite a prophetic sci-fi.

Any neuroscientists out there willing to ELI5 the difference between how episodic and procedural memories are stored in the brain? Could this same o-togenetics approach be used to erase the memory of how to ride a bike?

There is no antimemetics division.