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Context, time, and memory retrieval in the interference paradigms of Pavlovian learning
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In this article I review research and theory on the "interference paradigms" in Pavlovian learning. In these situations (e.g., extinction, counterconditioning, and latent inhibition), a conditioned stimulus (CS) is associated with different unconditioned stimuli (USs) or outcomes in different phases of the experiment; retroactive interference, proactive interference, or both are often observed. In all of the paradigms, contextual stimuli influence performance, and when information is available, so does the passage of time. Memories of both phases are retained, and performance may depend on which is retrieved. Despite the similarity of the paradigms, conditioning theories tend to explain them with separate mechanisms. They also do not provide an adequate account of the context's role, fail to predict the effects of time, and overemphasize the role of learning or storage deficits. By accepting 4 propositions about animal memory (i.e., contextual stimuli guide retrieval, time is a context, different memories are differentially dependent on context, and interference occurs at performance output), a memory retrieval framework can provide an integrated account of context, time, and performance in the various paradigms.
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“the original fear learning remains intact, but new inhibitory associations between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (US) are formed and strengthened (Bouton, 1993)”
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“Variability in the exposure context has important implications for the return of fear (Bouton, 1993).”
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“When exposure occurs under conditions that are constrained and predictable, learning tends to be contextualized.”
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“We and others have shown that extinction weakens instrumental responding, but does not erase the original learning. Instead, extinction involves a form of context-specific inhibition (rather than unlearning) of the response”
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“For example, we have performed many studies of the renewal effect: If the context is changed after extinction has been learned, the original response can return.”
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“Crucially, the activation of S-R is context-dependent, either because the context itself provides the S associated with R, or because (as we have seen in other retroactive interference paradigms) the context controls the second thing learned (e.g., Bouton, 1993; Nelson, 2002).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bouton, M. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Vermont (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bouton, Mark E.
- ORCID
- Bouton, Mark E.
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1993
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 80-99
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W1984624029
- Cited by
- 1,896
- References
- 188
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 86 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 87 · 2016: 83 · 2015: 76 · 2014: 82 · 2013: 83 · 2012: 84
- FWCI
- 8.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- Pavlovian learning, interference paradigm, retroactive interference, proactive interference, extinction, counterconditioning, latent inhibition, contextual cues, memory retrieval, time effects, animal memory, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Association Learning, Attention, Conditioning, Classical, Discrimination Learning, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology, Reversal Learning
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