Extinction Learning from a Mechanistic and Systems Perspective

• Autor principal: Onur Gunturkun (auth)
• Outros Autores: Oliver T. Wolf (auth), Denise Manahan-Vaughan (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Colecção: Frontiers Research Topics
• Assuntos: Neurosciences; Extinction learning; Pavlovian conditioning; appetitive learning; renewal; predictive learning; neurotransmitter; brain structure; Fear conditioning
• Acesso em linha: 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...