Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Context and behavioral processes in extinction.

Mark E Bouton1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA. Mark.Bouton@uvm.edu

Learning & Memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)
|October 7, 2004
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Backward conditioning reveals flexibility in infralimbic cortex inhibitory memories.

eLife·2026
Same author

Intertrial interval as a contextual stimulus in discriminated operant learning.

Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition·2025
Same author

Goal-direction and habit in human and nonhuman behavioral sequences (behavior chains).

Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition·2025
Same author

Response-specificity or response-generality of inhibition in an operant feature-negative discrimination: Influence of the amount of inhibition training and attention to the response.

Learning and motivation·2024
Same author

An analysis of reinstatement after extinction of a conditioned taste aversion.

Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition·2024
Same author

Infralimbic cortex plays a similar role in the punishment and extinction of instrumental behavior.

Neurobiology of learning and memory·2024
Same journal

Temporal proximity to sleep determines emotional memory interference.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
Same journal

Item recognition is associated with gut microbiota composition in healthy humans.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
Same journal

Memory-based similar lure rejections promote subsequent memory for relative recency.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
Same journal

Chronic stress enhances threat responding and impacts fear extinction.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
Same journal

Temporal- and sex-specific changes in proteasome-dependent and independent polyubiquitination in the amygdala during fear memory formation.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
Same journal

The lateral habenula as a link between negative outcomes and adaptive strategy switching.

Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)·2026
See all related articles

Pavlovian extinction does not erase original learning but creates new, context-dependent learning. This inhibitory learning is influenced by expectation violations and generalization decrement, modulated by context.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral psychology
  • Learning and memory
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Pavlovian extinction is a fundamental concept in learning.
  • Previous research suggests extinction may involve active inhibitory processes.
  • Understanding extinction's mechanisms is crucial for behavioral therapies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and integrate the behavioral literature on Pavlovian extinction.
  • To examine evidence for extinction as new inhibitory learning.
  • To explore potential causes and models of extinction.

Main Methods:

  • Selective review of behavioral literature on Pavlovian extinction.
  • Integration of findings from related behavioral phenomena.
  • Analysis of four potential causes of extinction.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Extinction generates new, context-dependent learning, not destruction of original learning.
  • Related phenomena like conditioned inhibition offer insights.
  • Generalization decrement and expectation violation are key factors.

Conclusions:

  • Extinction involves context-modulated inhibitory learning.
  • Behavioral models should incorporate context-dependency and expectation violation.
  • Further research can refine models of extinction.