There&#x27;s some evidence that recalling a memory makes it labile, and that interrupting memory reconsolidation processes during this labile period can &#x27;erase&#x27; them, much like not getting sleep after initially forming a memory can prevent it from becoming permanent.<p>Emotional&#x2F;fear associated memories are a really easy model to work with, and are also the most clinically compelling application of memory extinction.<p>See Cristina alberini&#x27;s work, and others, as well as reviews like <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;nrn&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v8&#x2F;n4&#x2F;abs&#x2F;nrn2090.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;nrn&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v8&#x2F;n4&#x2F;abs&#x2F;nrn2090.html</a>