eLife (Apr 2024)

Enhancing fear extinction

Sydney Trask,
Nicole C Ferrara

Affiliations

Sydney Trask: ORCiD; Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University West Lafayette, West Lafayette, United States; Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University West Lafayette, West Lafayette, United States
Nicole C Ferrara: ORCiD; Center for Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States; Discipline of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97633
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13

Abstract

Gradually reducing a source of fear during extinction treatments may weaken negative memories in the long term.

Published in eLife

ISSN: 2050-084X (Online)
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://elifesciences.org

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