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Retrieval-extinction within the memory reconsolidation window does not influence appetitive choice

Akram Bakkour, Tom Schonberg, Ashleigh M. Hover, Russell A. Poldrack
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/014316
Akram Bakkour
aImaging Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 East 24th Street R9975, Austin, Texas 78712
bcurrent address: Department of Psychology, Columbia University, 1190 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
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  • For correspondence: akram@utexas.edu
Tom Schonberg
aImaging Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 East 24th Street R9975, Austin, Texas 78712
ccurrent address: Department of Neurobiology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Ashleigh M. Hover
aImaging Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 East 24th Street R9975, Austin, Texas 78712
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Russell A. Poldrack
aImaging Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 East 24th Street R9975, Austin, Texas 78712
dcurrent address: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Bldg. 420, Jordan Hall, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

Influencing choice behavior is key to achieving behavioral change. Traditional means to influence choice behavior rely on effortful self control, which is known to be fragile under several circumstances, rendering these methods ineffectual in maintaining any change in behavior over time. Behavioral maintenance efforts are likely more effective over the long term if they target more automatic processes such as attention or memory. Memories are not set in stone and are vulnerable to change and updating under certain circumstances when retrieved. It is possible to target specific memories for updating. In two studies, we sought to update the memory for an appetitive choice by way of reversal learning following retrieval of the targeted choice behavior. We found that targeting memories of a choice behavior for updating shortly after a reminder did not significantly attenuate the renewal of the targeted choice under extinction conditions. Possible explanations and suggested future directions are discussed.

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Retrieval-extinction within the memory reconsolidation window does not influence appetitive choice
Akram Bakkour, Tom Schonberg, Ashleigh M. Hover, Russell A. Poldrack
bioRxiv 014316; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/014316
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Retrieval-extinction within the memory reconsolidation window does not influence appetitive choice
Akram Bakkour, Tom Schonberg, Ashleigh M. Hover, Russell A. Poldrack
bioRxiv 014316; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/014316

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