Well-timed timeout could wipe out memory of fear

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 04/02/2009 - 12:30pm

Banishing a fear-inducing memory might be a matter of the right timing, according to new research. Marie Monfils, an assistant professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, has taken advantage of a key time when memories are ripe for change to substantially modify memories of fear into benign memories and to keep them [...]


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