Using computational models of learning to advance cognitive behavioral therapy.

ABSTRACT: Many psychotherapy interventions have a large evidence base and can help a substantial number of people with symptoms of mental health conditions. However, we still have little understanding of why treatments work. Early advances in psychotherapy, such as the development of exposure therapy, built on theoretical and experimental evidence from Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning. More generally, all psychotherapy achieves change through learning. The past 25 years have seen substantial developments in computational models of learning, with increased computational precision and a focus on multiple learning mechanisms and their interaction. Now might be a good time to formalize psychotherapy interventions as computational models of learning to improve our understanding of mechanisms of ch

SUBMITTER: Berwian IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12034757 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature