Merel Kindt and her team demonstrated that fear memory can be deleted in humans (Kindt et al. 2009). This was achieved by the oral administration of β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol before the reactivation of memory. They propose that their strategy of disrupting the (re-) stabilization of a memory after retrieval (reconsolidation) could pave the way […]
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Operant and classical conditioning in the same neuron
The marine snail Aplysia is perhaps best known for its Nobel-award-winning learning ability. In the classic work, a small water jet to the body of the animal was paired with electric shock to accomplish classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning. Since about the 1930s, it has been a longstanding debate among psychologists whether classical and operant conditioning […]
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