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The power of expectation can restrain hyper-emotional memories in the brain

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Researchers at Japan's RIKEN Brain Science Institute have identified a brain circuit that provides emotional memory tuning in rats. The creaking of an opening gate followed by a dog attack can disturb otherwise pleasant evening walks. The sound of that gate opening on subsequent walks will elicit an emotional response, and the power of this response will be different if the dog was a German shepherd or a poodle.

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