This reconsolidation view suggests that those structural changes that happen in the brain to support memory can be undone, even for old memories.

这个 “记忆再巩固” 的理论认为，那些在大脑内发生的支持记忆的结构性变化是可以撤销的，即使是对于久远的回忆也行。

It was found fairly early on that a drug widely prescribed to control blood pressure in humans — a beta-blocker called Propranolol — could be used to prevent the reconsolidation of fear memories in rats.

在很早的时候就已经发现，一种广泛用于控制人体血压的药——名为 “普萘洛尔” 的 β—受体阻滞剂——在老鼠身上能阻止恐惧记忆的再巩固。

If you've ever gone to bed upset about something and woken up noticeably less bothered, it's likely a result of the emotional processing and memory reconsolidation that happen during REM.

如果您曾因某件事而上床睡觉，但醒来时明显不那么烦恼，这可能是快速眼动期间发生的情绪处理和记忆重新巩固的结果。

Not only does this reconsolidation view allow us to account for some of the quirks of memory, like how we all sometimes misremember the past, it also gives us a way to destroy those maladaptive fear memories that underlie PTSD.

这种记忆再巩固的理论不仅能让我们解释有关记忆的一些古怪之处，比如我们有时都会记错过去的事情，它还给我们提供了一个方法，来消除掉导致创伤后应激障碍的适应不良的恐惧记忆。