Memory Reconsolidation

Memory Reconsolidation

Reviewed by Faisal Zaidi

The updating of a memory when it is recalled.

What it is

On this account a consolidated memory returns briefly to a changeable state when it is retrieved, and can be altered before it is stored again. The finding is associated with Karim Nader and colleagues around 2000.

In effect

The article on engrams links to it as background to the 2025 view that engrams are flexible and not fixed.

What it does not say

It supports the revisability of a memory and says nothing about the event remembered.

Sources

  1. Zaki, Y., & Cai, D. J. (2025). Memory engram stability and flexibility. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(1), 285-293.