RESPONSES CONDITIONED TO FEAR-RELEVANT STIMULI SURVIVE EXTINCTION OF THE EXPECTANCY OF THE UCS

Authors
SCHELL AM DAWSON ME
Citation
Am. Schell et Me. Dawson, RESPONSES CONDITIONED TO FEAR-RELEVANT STIMULI SURVIVE EXTINCTION OF THE EXPECTANCY OF THE UCS, Behavioral and brain sciences, 18(2), 1995, pp. 312-313
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
312 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1995)18:2<312:RCTFSS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Davey suggests that increased resistance to extinction of CRs conditio ned to fear-relevant stimuli may be due to more persistent expectancie s of the UCS following these stimuli. However, this view-point is cont radicted by existing empirical evidence that fear-relevant CRs survive an extinction trials series producing extinction of expectancies wher eas CRs conditioned to non-fear-relevant CSs do not.