Stress hormones influence the processing of fear, anxiety, and related memory mechanisms.
For example, they modulate consolidation and retrieval processes associated with …

Research from recent decades has highlighted the distinction between excitatory and
inhibitory Pavlovian learning mechanisms. Based on this distinction, state-of-the-art …

Memory formation enables the retention of life experiences overtime. Based on previously
acquired information, organisms can anticipate future events and adjust their behaviors to …

This special issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Little Albert study, published in
February 1920, which marked the birth of human fear conditioning research. The collection …

The amygdala is a core structure in the anterior medial temporal lobe, with an important role
in several brain functions involving memory, emotion, perception, social cognition, and even …

This review is intended primarily to provide cognitive benchmarks and perhaps a new
mindset for behavioral neuroscientists who study memory. Forgetting, defined here broadly …

Systematic investigation of reactivation-induced memory updating began in the 1960s, and
a wave of research in this area followed the seminal articulation of “reconsolidation” theory …

Traumatic events generate some of the most enduring memories, yet little is known about
how long-lasting fear memories can be attenuated. In this review, we collect the surprisingly …

In a highly influential report, Schiller et al.(2010) demonstrated long-lasting fear reduction in
humans when conducting extinction training shortly following fear memory reactivation …

Memory is not a stable record of experience, but instead is an ongoing process that allows
existing memories to be modified with new information through a reconsolidation-dependent …