Gradual extinction prevents the return of fear: Implications for the discovery of state

Fear memories are notoriously difficult to erase, often recovering over time. The longstanding explanation for this finding is that, in extinction training, a new memory is formed that competes with the old one for expression but does not otherwise modify it. This explanation is at odds with traditi...

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Main Authors: Samuel Joseph Gershman, Carolyn E. Jones, Kenneth A Norman, Marie-H. eMonfils, Yael eNiv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00164/full