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Multiple traces or Fuzzy Traces? Converging evidence for applications of modern cognitive theory to psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Valerie F. Reyna
Affiliation:
Human Neuroscience Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850. vr53@cornell.eduhttp://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=vr53
Yulia Landa
Affiliation:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065. yul9003@med.cornell.edu

Abstract

Neurobiologically informed integration of research on memory, emotion, and behavior change in psychotherapy is needed, which Lane at al. advance. Memory reconsolidation that incorporates new emotional experience plays an important role in therapeutic change, converging with evidence for Fuzzy Trace Theory. Applications of Fuzzy Trace Theory to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for youth at risk for psychosis, and to other aspects of behavior change, are discussed.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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