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Reconsolidation versus retrieval competition: Rival hypotheses to explain memory change in psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin*
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Clinical Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. c.brewin@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

I suggest it is premature to assume memory reconsolidation provides a unifying model of psychotherapeutic change given our current state of knowledge, and that other basic memory mechanisms, also supported by neuroscience, have a stronger claim at present. In particular, I propose that retrieval competition provides a more plausible alternative to memory reconsolidation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e4
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