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: Gershman, Samuel J., Jones, Carolyn E., Norman, Kenneth A., Monfils, Marie-H., Niv, Yael
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88069