The reactivation of a stored memory in the brain can make the memory transiently labile.
During the time it takes for the memory to restabilize (reconsolidate) the memory can either …

Over more than a century of research has established the fact that sleep benefits the
retention of memory. In this review we aim to comprehensively cover the field of “sleep and …

Not all memories are equally welcome in awareness. People limit the time they spend
thinking about unpleasant experiences, a process that begins during encoding, but that …

The synaptic tagging and capture hypothesis of protein synthesis-dependent long-term
potentiation asserts that the induction of synaptic potentiation creates only the potential for a …

Memory is prone to distortions that can have serious consequences in everyday life. Here
we integrate emerging evidence that several types of memory distortions–imagination …

Research in nonhuman animals suggests that reactivation can induce a transient, unstable
state in a previously consolidated memory, during which the memory can be disrupted or …

Psychotherapy that regularly yields liberating, lasting change was, in the last century, a
futuristic vision, but it has now become reality, thanks to a convergence of remarkable …

The processes of memory formation and storage are complex and highly dynamic. Once
memories are consolidated, they are not necessarily fixed but can be changed long after …

Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) is a therapeutic technique addressing specific memories of
earlier experiences associated with present problems. By imagining that the course of …

Memory consolidation is a dynamic process. Reconsolidation theory assumes that
reactivation during wakefulness transiently destabilizes memories, requiring them to …