Renewal of conditioned fear responses using a film clip as the aversive unconditioned stimulus

ConclusionsThe current set-up enables investigation of fear renewal using an audiovisual US. Future studies can utilize this paradigm to investigate interventions that aim to reduce fear renewal by modifying the US memory, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and imagery rescripting.
Source: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research