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Gradual extinction reduces reinstatement

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, September 2015
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Title
Gradual extinction reduces reinstatement
Published in
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, September 2015
DOI 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00254
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Authors

Youssef Shiban, Jasmin Wittmann, Mara Weißinger, Andreas Mühlberger

Abstract

The current study investigated whether gradually reducing the frequency of aversive stimuli during extinction can prevent the return of fear. Thirty-one participants of a three-stage procedure (acquisition, extinction and a reinstatement test on day 2) were randomly assigned to a standard extinction (SE) and gradual extinction (GE) procedure. The two groups differed only in the extinction procedure. While the SE group ran through a regular extinction process without any negative events, the frequency of the aversive stimuli during the extinction phase was gradually reduced for the GE group. The unconditioned stimulus (US) was an air blast (5 bar, 10 ms). A spider and a scorpion were used as conditioned stimuli (CS). The outcome variables were contingency ratings and physiological measures (skin conductance response, SCR and startle response). There were no differences found between the two groups for the acquisition and extinction phases concerning contingency ratings, SCR, or startle response. GE compared to SE significantly reduced the return of fear in the reinstatement test for the startle response but not for SCR or contingency ratings. This study was successful in translating the findings in rodent to humans. The results suggest that the GE process is suitable for increasing the efficacy of fear extinction.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 75 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 23%
Student > Master 11 15%
Student > Bachelor 10 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 11%
Researcher 8 11%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 14 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 34 45%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 9%
Neuroscience 6 8%
Unspecified 2 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 1%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 20 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2015.
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#2,567,797
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#446
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#35,961
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#13
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