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extinction  

Definition

  • A learning phenomenon in which an acquired behavior disappears when it is no longer reinforced.

Broader concept

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bouton, M. E., Maren, S., & McNally, G. P. (2021). Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning. Physiological Reviews, 101(2), 611–681. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00016.2020

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • VanElzakker, M. B., Kathryn Dahlgren, M., Caroline Davis, F., Dubois, S., & Shin, L. M. (2014). From Pavlov to PTSD: The extinction of conditioned fear in rodents, humans, and anxiety disorders. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 113, 3–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2013.11.014

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-XXZ15G8M-D

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