Memory Reconsolidation: Time to Change Your Mind

Memory Reconsolidation: Time to Change Your Mind

A new study shows that temporal expectations about threats are a key part of fear memories and that changing this temporal expectation is enough to trigger the updating and reconsolidation of a previously learned fear.

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2013-03, Vol.23 (6), p.R243-R245
Hauptverfasser: Bailey, Matthew R., Balsam, Peter D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
amygdala
Amygdala - physiology
Animals
Conditioning, Classical
Fear
fearfulness
Memory
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Zusammenfassung:A new study shows that temporal expectations about threats are a key part of fear memories and that changing this temporal expectation is enough to trigger the updating and reconsolidation of a previously learned fear.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.006