Memory editing from science fiction to clinical practice

EA Phelps, SG Hofmann - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Science fiction notions of altering problematic memories are starting to become reality as
techniques emerge through which unique memories can be edited. Here we review memory …

Memory control: A fundamental mechanism of emotion regulation

HG Engen, MC Anderson - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Memories play a ubiquitous role in our emotional lives, both causing vivid emotional
experiences in their own right and imbuing perception of the external world with emotional …

Resilience after trauma: The role of memory suppression

A Mary, J Dayan, G Leone, C Postel, F Fraisse, C Malle… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental questions in clinical neuroscience is why some
individuals can cope with traumatic events, while others remain traumatized by a haunting …

Parallel regulation of memory and emotion supports the suppression of intrusive memories

P Gagnepain, J Hulbert, MC Anderson - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Intrusive memories often take the form of distressing images that emerge into a person's
awareness, unbidden. A fundamental goal of clinical neuroscience is to understand the …

Prefrontal-hippocampal interactions supporting the extinction of emotional memories: the retrieval stopping model

MC Anderson, SB Floresco - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Neuroimaging has revealed robust interactions between the prefrontal cortex and the
hippocampus when people stop memory retrieval. Efforts to stop retrieval can arise when …

Dynamic targeting enables domain-general inhibitory control over action and thought by the prefrontal cortex

D Apšvalka, CS Ferreira, TW Schmitz, JB Rowe… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the last two decades, inhibitory control has featured prominently in accounts of how
humans and other organisms regulate their behaviour and thought. Previous work on how …

Prosocial behavior promotes positive emotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MM Varma, D Chen, X Lin, LB Aknin, X Hu - Emotion, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about humans' physical and mental well-
being. In response, there has been an urgent “call to action” for psychological interventions …

A process model of having and keeping secrets.

ML Slepian - Psychological Review, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Secrecy is a common and consequential human experience, and yet the literature lacks an
integrative theoretical model that captures this broad experience. Whereas initial research …

Updating memories of unwanted emotions during human sleep

T Xia, Z Yao, X Guo, J Liu, D Chen, Q Liu, KA Paller… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Post-learning sleep contributes to memory consolidation. Yet it remains contentious whether
sleep affords opportunities to modify or update emotional memories, particularly when …

Losing control: Sleep deprivation impairs the suppression of unwanted thoughts

MO Harrington, JE Ashton… - Clinical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Unwanted memories often enter conscious awareness when individuals confront reminders.
People vary widely in their talents at suppressing such memory intrusions; however, the …