Stronger renewal in human fear conditioning when tested with an acquisition retrieval cue than with an extinction retrieval cue

被引：58

作者：

Vansteenwegen, Debora ^{[1
]}

Vervliet, Brain ^{[1
]}

Hermans, Dirk ^{[1
]}

Beckers, Tom ^{[1
]}

Baeyens, Frank ^{[1
]}

Eelen, Paul ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Catholic Univ Louvain, Dept Psychol, Ctr Psychol Learning & Behav Therapy, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium

来源：

BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY | 2006年 / 44卷 / 12期

关键词：

return of fear; human fear conditioning; retrieval cues; renewal; cuing; context-effects;

D O I：

10.1016/j.brat.2005.10.014

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

It was previously demonstrated in our laboratory that conditioned fear in humans can renew after extinction, when this procedure took place in a different context (ABA-renewal [Vansteenwegen et al. (2005). Return of fear in a human differential conditioning paradigm caused by a return to the original acquisition context. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(3), 323-336]). Using the same experimental design, we now tested the power of retrieval cues to interact with this contextual renewal phenomenon. Two groups went through acquisition and extinction (in a different context). They were then tested in the original acquisition context and in the presence of a retrieval cue. In the acquisition-cue group, this cue previously featured during the acquisition procedure; in the extinction-cue group, the cue previously featured during the extinction procedure. As expected, renewal of conditioned electro-dermal responding and retrospective expectancy ratings was strongest in the acquisition-cue group. Theoretical and clinical implications of this finding are discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1717 / 1725

页数：9

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