Reactivation, modification and reconsolidation of fear memory

Abstract

Fear memory is an important target in human memory reconsolidation research. During reconsolidation, stable and consolidated fear memories return to a labile state, in which new information can update the original memory once it has been reactivated. The aim of the present work is to generalize the findings from Schiller et al. (2010) using a similar conditioning procedure but including two differences: the experiment was conducted in one-day session instead of three, and instead of an electric shock, we used a white noise as aversive stimulus. Our prediction was that in spite of these differences, similar effects would be found