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27-11-2023

Extinction in multiple contexts reduces the return of extinguished responses: A multilevel meta-analysis

Authors: Javier Bustamante, Marcela Soto, Gonzalo Miguez, Vanetza E. Quezada-Scholz, Rocío Angulo, Mario A. Laborda

Published in: Learning & Behavior

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Abstract

Extinguished responses have been shown to reappear under several circumstances, and this reappearance is considered to model behaviors such as relapse after exposure therapy. Conducting extinction in multiple contexts has been explored as a technique to decrease the recovery of extinguished responses. The present meta-analysis aimed to examine whether extinction in multiple contexts can consistently reduce the recovery of extinguished responses. After searching in several databases, experiments were included in the analysis if they presented extinction in multiple contexts, an experimental design, and an adequate statistical report. Cohen’s d was obtained for each critical comparison and weighted to obtain the sample’s average weighted effect size. Analyses were then performed using a multilevel meta-analytic approach. Twenty-five studies were included, with a total sample of 37 experiments or critical comparisons. The analyses showed a large effect size for the sample, moderated by the length of conditioned stimulus exposure, type of experimental subject, and type of recovery. The robust effect of extinction in multiple contexts on relapse should encourage clinicians to consider extinction in multiple contexts as a useful technique in therapy and research.

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Title: Extinction in multiple contexts reduces the return of extinguished responses: A multilevel meta-analysis
Authors: Javier Bustamante
Marcela Soto
Gonzalo Miguez
Vanetza E. Quezada-Scholz
Rocío Angulo
Mario A. Laborda
Publication date: 27-11-2023
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Learning & Behavior
Print ISSN: 1543-4494
Electronic ISSN: 1543-4508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-023-00609-w