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Focus on emotion as a catalyst of memory updating during reconsolidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Maria Stein ,
Kristina Barbara Rohde  and
Katharina Henke
Maria Stein
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. maria.stein@psy.unibe.ch kristina.rohde@psy.unibe.ch katharina.henke@psy.unibe.ch https://www.puk.unibe.ch/stein http://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.html http://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Kristina Barbara Rohde
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. maria.stein@psy.unibe.ch kristina.rohde@psy.unibe.ch katharina.henke@psy.unibe.ch https://www.puk.unibe.ch/stein http://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.html http://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html
Katharina Henke
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. maria.stein@psy.unibe.ch kristina.rohde@psy.unibe.ch katharina.henke@psy.unibe.ch https://www.puk.unibe.ch/stein http://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.html http://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Abstract

We share the idea of Lane et al. that successful psychotherapy exerts its effects through memory reconsolidation. To support it, we add further evidence that a behavioral interference may trigger memory update during reconsolidation. Furthermore, we propose that – in addition to replacing maladaptive emotions – new emotions experienced in the therapeutic process catalyze reconsolidation of the updated memory structure.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e27
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