Long-term behavioural rewriting of maladaptive drinking memories via reconsolidation-update mechanisms.

CONCLUSIONS: The longevity of behavioural interventions designed to reduce problematic drinking levels may be enhanced by leveraging reconsolidation-update mechanisms to rewrite maladaptive memory. However, inter-individual variability in levels of corrective learning is likely to determine the efficacy of reconsolidation-updating interventions and should be considered when designing and assessing interventions.
PMID: 32539883 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - June 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gale G, Walsh K, Hennessy VE, Stemerding LE, Ni KS, Thomas E, Kamboj SK, Das RK Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research