Retrieving a memory initiates a window of vulnerability for that memory. Simple behavioural methods can modify distressing memories during this window, eliminating fear reactions to traumatic reminders.
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Quirk, G., Milad, M. Editing out fear. Nature 463, 36–37 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08767
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