ERC Advanced Grant · 2016
Understanding the Stability and Plasticity of Emotional Memory
The breakthrough discovery in animal research that fear memories may change upon retrieval – referred to as memory reconsolidation – has drastically changed the view on the malleability of emotional memory. Inspired by these insights, we have developed a novel approach to pharmacologically erase the affective component from fear memories in humans. Although these findings suggest a paradigm shift in clinical practice, there are many fundamental questions to be resolved. The objective of this proposal is to gain an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the dynamic balance between the stability and malleability of emotional memory, and consequently develop a revolutionary theory-driven…
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