Lee et al. (2017)

Reconsolidation Memory Processes

• Definition

  During the restabilization window the memory can be weakened, strengthened, or updated with new information, which distinguishes reconsolidation updating from extinction, where a new, competing memory is laid down alongside the old one

• Measured in humans

  Standard human paradigms reactivate a memory with a brief reminder and then intervene within the reconsolidation window (a drug, extinction training, or new learning), comparing against a group that receives the same intervention without reactivation