title: Reconsolidation: Turning consciousness into memory.
abstract: The purpose of learning is not to maintain records but to generate predictions. Successful predictions remain implicit; only prediction errors ("surprises") attract consciousness. This is what Freud had in mind when he declared that "consciousness arises instead of a memory-trace." The aim of reconsolidation, and of psychotherapy, is to improve predictions about how to meet our needs in the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Cape Town,Rondebosch 7701,South Africa.mark.solms@uct.ac.za.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solms
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory