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Changing maladaptive memories through reconsolidation: A role for sleep in psychotherapy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Susanne Diekelmann  and
Cecilia Forcato
Susanne Diekelmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany susanne.diekelmann@uni-tuebingen.de http://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/en/Research/Institutes/Medical+Psychology.html
Cecilia Forcato
Affiliation:
University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (IFIByNE-CONICET), 1428 Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina cforcato@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar
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Abstract

Like Lane et al., we believe that change in psychotherapy comes about by updating dysfunctional memories with new adaptive experiences. We suggest that sleep is essential to (re-)consolidate such corrective experiences. Sleep is well-known to strengthen and integrate new memories into pre-existing networks. Targeted sleep interventions might be promising tools to boost this process and thereby increase therapy effectiveness.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e6
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