S. Killcross

Prediction error determines how memories are organized in the brain: a study of Pavlovian fear extinction in rats

This study shows that gradual extinction, which produces small prediction errors, is more effective than standard extinction in long-term fear suppression in rats, supporting latent state theories of memory organization.

Danger changes the way the brain consolidates neutral information; and does so by interacting with processes involved in the encoding of that information.

This study shows that danger shifts memory consolidation of neutral information from the perirhinal cortex to the basolateral amygdala by altering encoding processes in rats.