title: Therapeutic affect reduction, emotion regulation, and emotional memory reconsolidation: A neuroscientific quandary.
abstract: Lane et al. emphasize the role of emotional arousal as a precipitating factor for successful psychotherapy. However, as therapy ensues, the arousal diminishes. How can the unfolding therapeutic process generate long-term memories for reconsolidated emotional material without the benefit of arousal? Studies investigating memory for emotionally regulated material provide some clues regarding the neural pathways that may underlie therapy-based memory reconsolidation.
authors.affiliation: Duke University,Center for Cognitive Neuroscience,Duke University,Durham,NC 27708-0999.klabar@duke.eduhttp://www.labaratory.org.
authors.forename: Kevin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: LaBar
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D057567:Memory, Long-Term; D011613:Psychotherapy