title: Top-down versus bottom-up perspectives on clinically significant memory reconsolidation.
abstract: Lane et al. are right: Troublesome memories can be therapeutically recontextualized. Reconsolidation of negative/traumatic memories within the context of positive/prosocial affects can facilitate diverse psychotherapies. Although neural mechanisms remain poorly understood, we discuss how nonlinear dynamics of various positive affects, heavily controlled by primal subcortical networks, may be critical for optimal benefits.
authors.affiliation: Teaching Faculty,Reiss Davis Child Study Center,Los Angeles,CA 90034markstarlow@hotmail.comwww.markstarlow.com.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marks-Tarlow
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience,College of Veterinary Medicine,Washington State University,Pullman,WA 99164.jpanksepp@vetmed.wsu.edu.
authors.forename: Jaak
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panksepp
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory