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Top-down versus bottom-up perspectives on clinically significant memory reconsolidation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2015
Abstract
Lane et al. are right: Troublesome memories can be therapeutically recontextualized. Reconsolidation of negative/traumatic memories within the context of positive/prosocial affects can facilitate diverse psychotherapies. Although neural mechanisms remain poorly understood, we discuss how nonlinear dynamics of various positive affects, heavily controlled by primal subcortical networks, may be critical for optimal benefits.
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