Friday, May 20, 2011

Nature.com Video > Erasing fear memories - the reconsolidation window

http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/memory/index.html

competitive memories fighting for expression

exingtion training

merging meory - stored in a different form

target specific fear memory - rather than your ability to recolect information

>> memory  - different elements / sub-files - this collage of connections creates our experience of a  memory

dont want to erase your recollection of the event - just change your emotional response - still remember the content - maintian continuity in your life

disrupting emotional response removed - still remember - just not special/ vibrant any more.

 Here we introduce a non-invasive technique to target the reconsolidation of fear memories in humans. We provide evidence that old fear memories can be updated with non-fearful information provided during the reconsolidation window

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7277/full/nature08637.html

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