RT Journal Article
T1 Extinction in multiple contexts does not necessarily make extinction less vulnerable to relapse.
T2 Extinguir en múltiples contextos no necesariamente hace a la Extinción más vulnerable a recaídas
A1 Bouton, Mark
A1 García Gutiérrez, Ana
A1 Zilsky, Jessica
A1 Moody, Erik
AB Three fear-conditioning experiments with rat subjects examined the effects of extinction in multiple contexts on a final relapse (renewal) effect that occurred when the extinguished fear cue was tested in a new context (Experiments 1 and 3) or in the context in which fear conditioning had first occurred (Experiment 2). Rats that received extinction in three contexts demonstrated more fear during extinction than rats that received the same number and temporal distribution of extinction trials in one context; extinction was partially lost with each context switch. Although extinction in multiple contexts thus had an impact on extinction behavior, it did not reduce the size of the final renewal effect. Fear during extinction was occasionally positively correlated with fear during final testing, but the two were never negatively correlated. The results suggest that extinction in multiple contexts does not necessarily weaken fear renewal, and that extinction procedures that generate high levels of responding in extinction do not necessarily make extinction learning less context-specific.
PB Elsevier
SN 0005-7967
YR 2006
FD 2006
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95105
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95105
LA eng
NO Bouton, Mark E., et al. «Extinction in Multiple Contexts Does Not Necessarily Make Extinction Less Vulnerable to Relapse». Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 44, n.o 7, julio de 2006, pp. 983-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2005.07.007.
NO National Institute of Mental Health
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 dic 2025