title: Reconsolidation versus retrieval competition: Rival hypotheses to explain memory change in psychotherapy.
abstract: I suggest it is premature to assume memory reconsolidation provides a unifying model of psychotherapeutic change given our current state of knowledge, and that other basic memory mechanisms, also supported by neuroscience, have a stronger claim at present. In particular, I propose that retrieval competition provides a more plausible alternative to memory reconsolidation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Educational and Health Psychology,University College London,London WC1E 6BT,United Kingdom.c.brewin@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Chris R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brewin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011613:Psychotherapy