title: Focus on emotion as a catalyst of memory updating during reconsolidation.
abstract: We share the idea of Lane et al. that successful psychotherapy exerts its effects through memory reconsolidation. To support it, we add further evidence that a behavioral interference may trigger memory update during reconsolidation. Furthermore, we propose that - in addition to replacing maladaptive emotions - new emotions experienced in the therapeutic process catalyze reconsolidation of the updated memory structure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology,University of Bern,3012 Bern,Switzerland.maria.stein@psy.unibe.chkristina.rohde@psy.unibe.chkatharina.henke@psy.unibe.chhttps://www.puk.unibe.ch/steinhttp://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.htmlhttp://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology,University of Bern,3012 Bern,Switzerland.maria.stein@psy.unibe.chkristina.rohde@psy.unibe.chkatharina.henke@psy.unibe.chhttps://www.puk.unibe.ch/steinhttp://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.htmlhttp://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html.
authors.forename: Kristina Barbara
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology,University of Bern,3012 Bern,Switzerland.maria.stein@psy.unibe.chkristina.rohde@psy.unibe.chkatharina.henke@psy.unibe.chhttps://www.puk.unibe.ch/steinhttp://www.kpp.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/rohde/index_ger.htmlhttp://www.apn.psy.unibe.ch/content/team/henke/index_eng.html.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henke
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D008568:Memory