Emotional learning selectively and retroactively strengthens memories for related events

Joseph E. Dunsmoor, Vishnu P. Murty, Lila Davachi () and Elizabeth A. Phelps ()
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Joseph E. Dunsmoor: New York University
Vishnu P. Murty: New York University
Lila Davachi: New York University
Elizabeth A. Phelps: New York University

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7547, 345-348

Abstract: Initially weak episodic memories in humans can be selectively enhanced and consolidated following later emotional learning involving conceptually related information, suggesting a mechanism for how we can remember initially inconsequential information after a relevant later experience.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature14106

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