RT Journal Article
T1 Is it possible to modify fear memories in humans with extinction  training within a single day?
A1 Redondo Lago, Jaime Mauro
A1 Fernández Rey, José
A1 González González, Daniel
K1 Fear memomy
K1 Extinction
K1 Skin conductance response (SCR)
AB Extinction procedures have been used widely in the study of fear memories, and different positions have been adopted regarding the efficacy of such procedures and the mechanisms involved. It has been argued that extinction may interfere with the consolidation of the fear memory if the procedure is applied with the appropriate timing after acquisition. However, the opposite position is also held, that is, that the extinction does not achieve an elimination of the fear response. The aim of the present study is to test the short-term effects of immediate extinction in fear reduction when this extinction is preceded by a retrieval trial. For this, a procedure similar to that employed by Schiller et al. (Nature 463(7277): 49–53, 2010) was used, but in a single day and with white noise as an aversive unconditioned stimulus. The results indicate that a CS+ single retrieval trial before the extinction procedure after acquisition was more effective in fear reduction than standard immediate extinction.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0340-0727
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34711
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/34711
LA eng
NO Redondo, J., Fernandez-Rey, J. & Gonzalez-Gonzalez, D. Is it possible to modify fear memories in humans with extinction training within a single day?. Psychological Research 83, 1340–1348 (2019)
NO This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1017-4
NO This study was supported by the Autonomous Government of Galicia (Grant GRC2015/006)
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026