Memory erasure by dopamine-gated retrospective learning
Huijeong Jeong, Leo Charles Peek Zsembik, Farah Farouq, Jennifer A DiSanto, Chennan Jin, Risha Chakraborty, Nishita Belur, Mingkang Zhou, Andrea D. Sanders, Styra Xicun Wang, Ananya Srinivasan, Sylvia M. L. Cox, Eric Garr, S. Brooke, Patricia H. Janak, , Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri
This paper shows that presenting outcomes without cues (retrospective extinction) can erase memories, unlike standard extinction protocols that present cues without outcomes.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience