ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2010, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (5): 718-724.

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Analysis of the Factors Influencing Intervention of Conditioned Fear Memory

WANG Hong-Bo; AN Xian-Li; LI You-Hong; ZHENG Xi-Geng   

  1. Institute of psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China
  • Received:2009-09-07 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-05-15 Published:2010-05-15
  • Contact: ZHENG Xi-Geng

Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a kind of anxiety disorders developed from severe traumatic events. The key of treatment for this disorder is to extinguish conditioned fear memory. However, acquired fear memory is hard to be extinguished and extinguished fear memory is liable to recover in certain situations. Therefore, it is of great importance for PTSD theory and clinical practice to highlight the ways that persistently extinguish fear memory. In this review, we discuss two emotional regulation techniques that have been investigated as means to control fear: extinction and reconsolidation. Clinical PTSD treatment may be benefit from these pre–clinical methods which effectively extinguish fear memory.

Key words: conditioned fear memory, extinction, reconsolidation