Preventing fear return in humans: Music-based intervention during reactivation-extinction paradigm.

ABSTRACT: In several research studies, the reactivation extinction paradigm did not effectively prevent the return of fear if administered without any intervention technique. Therefore, in this study, the authors hypothesized that playing music (high valence, low arousal) during the reconsolidation window may be a viable intervention technique for eliminating fear-related responses. A three-day auditory differential fear conditioning paradigm was used to establish fear conditioning. Participants were randomly assigned into three groups, i.e., one control group, standard extinction (SE), and two experimental groups, reactivation extinction Group (RE) and music reactivation extinction (MRE), of twenty participants in each group. Day 1 included the habituation and fear acquisition phases; on Day 2 (aft

SUBMITTER: Verma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10881010 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature