Emotion causes targeted forgetting of established memories

Reconsolidation postulates that reactivation of a memory trace renders it susceptible to disruption by treatments similar to those that impair initial memory consolidation. Despite evidence that implicit, or non-declarative, human memories can be disrupted at retrieval, a convincing demonstration of...

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Main Authors: Bryan A. Strange, Marijn C Kroes, Judith Fan, Raymond J Dolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00175/full