Preventing recovery from extinction and relapse: A product of current retrieval cues and memory strengths

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-329

  Miller, Ralph R ^a   Laborda, Mario A ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

associative interference; exposure therapy; extinction; relapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053592965     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411418466     Document Type: Article

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