Abstract
Commentary: Rewriting the Valuation and Salience of Alcohol-Related Stimuli via Memory Reconsolidation
Highlights
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Addictive Disorders, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry
In many individuals with alcohol or drug-related problems, such memory processes imbue drug-related contexts with motivational salience – a resonant incentive motivational attribution attached to drugpredictive cues, which drives addictive behaviors [4,5,6]
prediction error (PE) involved these drinkers being led to believe that they will be able to drink alcohol through presentation of alcohol conditioned stimuli to reactivate their alcohol-related memories and explicit instructions designed to maximize the expectation of alcohol reward but were unexpectedly prevented from drinking
Summary
A commentary on Rewriting the valuation and salience of alcohol-related stimuli via memory reconsolidation by Das RK, Lawn W, Kamboj SK. In many individuals with alcohol or drug-related problems, such memory processes imbue drug-related contexts with motivational salience – a resonant incentive motivational attribution attached to drugpredictive cues, which drives addictive behaviors [4,5,6].
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
