Recent research on memory, based largely on fear conditioning in rats, indicates that

A. fear conditioning is the most effective kind of conditioning for forming durable memories.
B. memories are not susceptible to disruption once consolidation has occurred.
C. when a memory is reactivated, it becomes capable of being changed or altered, just as it was immediately after it was formed.
D. memory consolidation does not occur when animals are afraid of a stimulus.


Answer: C

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