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Novelty-facilitated extinction and the reinstatement of conditional human fear

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Lucas, Katherine, Luck, Camilla C., Lipp, Ottmar V.·2018·Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Although contemporary treatments for anxiety disorders are very efficient in reducing anxiety, return of fear after successful treatment is common which signifies a need for interventions that have a more enduring outcome. A recent laboratory study suggested that novelty-facilitated extinction, a simple modification of standard extinction which involves presenting a novel non-aversive stimulus during extinction, prevents spontaneous recovery, one laboratory analogue of return of fear. The current study assessed whether novelty-facilitated extinction can also prevent reinstatement, a second laboratory analogue of return of fear. Following differential fear conditioning, one group of participants underwent standard extinction training whereas the second was presented with a novel tone after the conditional stimulus that previously predicted the aversive unconditional stimulus (US). Three presentations of the USs alone reinstated differential electrodermal fear responses after standard extinction, but not after novelty-facilitated extinction. Moreover, replicating previous findings, the extent of return of fear was correlated with self-reported intolerance of uncertainty after standard extinction, but not after novelty-facilitated extinction. These results support the proposal that novelty-facilitated extinction training can reduce the extent of return of fear.

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  • Several studies have reported no association between IU and SCR during threat extinction training.

    “Several studies have also reported no association between IU and SCR during threat extinction training (39, 40, 41).”

    From I Doubt It Is Safe: A Meta-analysis of Self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty and Threat Extinction Training (2021) · cites this paper as [40]

    The Relation to IUS-12 section reports an association between IU and electrodermal responding at the reinstatement test, not during extinction training. The extinction results (p. 12) report SCR changes across trials but do not test their association with IU. Searches for an IU–SCR correlation during extinction found no such result in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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  1. Kerkhof, I., Vansteenwegen, D., Beckers, T., Dirikx, T., Baeyens, F., D'Hooge, R., et al. (2012). The role of negative affective valence in return of fear. In A. D. Gervaise (Ed.), Psychology of fear: New research (pp. 153e170). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

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Authors
Lucas, K., Luck, C. C., & Lipp, O. V.
Affiliations
  • Curtin University (AU)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
Corresponding author
Lipp, Ottmar V.
Venue
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-10
Volume
109
Pages
68-74
ISSN
0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2886088622
Cited by
61
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 11
FWCI
4.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
Australian Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
return of fear, reinstatement, differential fear conditioning, extinction training, intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety disorders, fear extinction, anxiety treatment
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Conditioning, Classical, Exploratory Behavior, Extinction, Psychological, Fear, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Uncertainty, Young Adult

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