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Memory reconsolidation and self-reorganization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

William J. Whelton
William J. Whelton*
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Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G-2G5, Canada. wwhelton@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

Lane et al. propose that memory reconsolidation through new emotional experiences is an integrative pathway to change in psychotherapy. My commentary suggests that memory reconsolidation is an element within self-reorganization. Given the focal nature of the self to every aspect of psychotherapy, it is a more useful construct on which to build integrative models than memory reconsolidation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e29
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