Updating of episodic memories depends on the strength of new learning after memory reactivation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-338

  Wichert, Sonja ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Schwabe, Lars ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; New learning; Reactivation; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878784449     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032028     Document Type: Article

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