Although the biological bases of forgetting remain obscure, the consensus among cognitive
psychologists emphasizes interference processes, rejecting decay in accounting for memory�…

This review, focusing on work using animals, updates a theoretical approach whose aim is
to translate neuropsychological ideas about the psychological and anatomical organization�…

Unhealthy behavior is responsible for much human disease, and a common goal of
contemporary preventive medicine is therefore to encourage behavior change. However�…

The locus coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) system plays a broad role in learning and
memory. Here we begin with an overview of the LC-NE system. We then consider how both�…

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�…

Most studies on memory consolidation consider the new information as if it were imposed on
a tabula rasa, but considerable evidence indicates that new memories must be interleaved�…

Memory consolidation refers to the stabilization that a new memory has to undergo in order
to persist. Recently, this dominant view of memory has been challenged by renewed interest�…

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�…

Memory reconsolidation is the process in which reactivated long-term memory (LTM)
becomes transiently sensitive to amnesic agents that are effective at consolidation. The�…

Pioneering research over the past two decades has shown that memories are far more
malleable than we once thought, thereby highlighting the potential for new clinical avenues�…