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Top-down versus bottom-up perspectives on clinically significant memory reconsolidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Terry Marks-Tarlow  and
Jaak Panksepp
Terry Marks-Tarlow
Affiliation:
Teaching Faculty, Reiss Davis Child Study Center, Los Angeles, CA 90034 markstarlow@hotmail.com www.markstarlow.com
Jaak Panksepp
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. jpanksepp@vetmed.wsu.edu
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Abstract

Lane et al. are right: Troublesome memories can be therapeutically recontextualized. Reconsolidation of negative/traumatic memories within the context of positive/prosocial affects can facilitate diverse psychotherapies. Although neural mechanisms remain poorly understood, we discuss how nonlinear dynamics of various positive affects, heavily controlled by primal subcortical networks, may be critical for optimal benefits.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e16
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