APS
29th APS Annual Convention
Beyond Extinction: Novel Behavioral Interventions for Fear
Anxiety disorders are common and debilitating. Exposure therapy is the treatment of choice, but a substantial number of people fail to benefit or experience a return of fear after treatment. Our symposium comprises new experimental studies on four novel behavioral interventions that target fear memory to reduce fear.
Chairs & Discussants
- Iris EngelhardChair
Utrecht University - Michelle CraskeDiscussant
University of California, Los Angeles
Presentations
- Inducing and Preventing Fear Generalization in HumansDieuwke Sevenster, Kim Haesen, Bram Vervliet, Merel Kindt, Rudi d'Hooge
- The Impact of Taxing Working Memory on the Modulation of Intrusive MemoriesKevin van Schie, Suzanne van Veen, Muriel Hagenaars, Marcel van den Hout, Iris Engelhard
- Neutral Mood Induction during Reconsolidation Reduces Accuracy, but Not Vividness and Anxiety of Emotional Episodic MemoriesGuanyu Liu, Richard McNally
- Vicarious Extinction Learning during Reconsolidation Neutralizes Fear MemoryArmita Golkar, Cathelijn Tjaden, Merel Kindt
