Reconsolidation: Turning consciousness into memory
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2015 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x14000296 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that learning serves to generate predictions, that successful predictions remain implicit while only prediction errors ("surprises") attract consciousness, and that this aligns with Freud's claim that "consciousness arises instead of a memory-trace." Proposes that both reconsolidation and psychotherapy aim to improve predictions about meeting needs in the world. |
Abstract
Abstract: The purpose of learning is not to maintain records but to generate predictions. Successful predictions remain implicit; only prediction errors (“surprises”) attract consciousness. This is what Freud had in mind when he declared that “consciousness arises instead of a memory-trace.” The aim of reconsolidation, and of psychotherapy, is to improve predictions about how to meet our needs in the world.
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