Extinction Learning from a Mechanistic and Systems Perspective

• Main Author: Onur Gunturkun (auth)
• Other Authors: Oliver T. Wolf (auth), Denise Manahan-Vaughan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Extinction learning; Pavlovian conditioning; appetitive learning; renewal; predictive learning; neurotransmitter; brain structure; Fear conditioning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Throughout their lifetime, animals learn to associate stimuli with their consequences. Following memory acquisition and consolidation, circumstances may arise that necessitate that initially learned behaviour is no longer relevant. The ensuing process is called extinction learning and involves a nov...