reconsolidation
Americannoun
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If you’ve ever gone to bed upset about something and woken up noticeably less bothered, it’s likely a result of the emotional processing and memory reconsolidation that happen during REM.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Researchers have tried giving people propranolol, which is thought to block memory reconsolidation based on studies of related compounds in rodents, with mixed results, Schacter says.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
LeDoux has found that a chemical called isoproterenol has the opposite effect from propranolol on reconsolidation of memory in rats, making fear memories even stronger as they are rewritten into long-term storage in the amygdala.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2014
This is called reconsolidation: it starts a few minutes after recall and takes a few hours to complete.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2014
Whether any of this gain in volume is lost in the process of sedimentation and reconsolidation, I do not know.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
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