Vicarious extinction learning during reconsolidation neutralizes fear memory

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-93

  Golkar, Armita ^a,b   Tjaden, Cathelijn ^b   Kindt, Merel ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear potentiated startle; Reconsolidation; Return of fear; Vicarious extinction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEAR MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING MODEL; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VICARIOUS EXTINCTION LEARNING; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REFLEX, STARTLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014774565     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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