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The cerebellum and ventral tegmental area interact during unexpected omissions of aversive outcomes in humans, supporting a role for reward-like prediction error signaling in fear extinction learning.

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Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we’re engaged in right now, and scientists think it ...

During the day, our brain acquires new memories; at night, during sleep, it consolidates the important ones and eliminates ...

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The ‘doorway effect’ suggests that when information is removed from working memory, it immediately seems to leave consciousness.