Does cognitive reappraisal facilitate extinction

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ID7725816
AuthorsKaneez Fatima Dar (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee), Manish Kumar Asthana (0000-0002-0270-8913, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume39
Issue8
Pages1966-1975
Publication date2025-11-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCognition & Emotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02699931.2025.2467068
PMID40029967
OpenAlexW4408099648
LanguageFR
References cited39

20; Mean (SD) age = 20.6 (1.40) years) and subjective fear, valence, expectancy ratings and skin conductance response (SCR) as outcome measures. The participants were randomly assigned into three groups: creative reappraisal, ordinary reappraisal and standard extinction groups and completed acquisition (day 1), extinction (day 2) and extinction-retest (day 3) phases. Our results indicate that cognitive reappraisal aimed at reducing the aversiveness of the UCS does not disrupt prediction error during extinction. Our results did not indicate any enhanced effect of cognitive reappraisal on subjective and physiological measures of conditioned fear responses during extinction. Our findings highlight the gap between the implementation of cognitive reappraisal and successful affective outcomes. Effective cognitive reappraisal requires careful consideration of factors like cognitive effort, situation intensity, reappraisal affordance, implementation cost and appraisals associated with fear. Interventions aimed at enhancing extinction through cognitive reappraisal should consider these factors for the effective implementation of cognitive reappraisal

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive reappraisal · Developmental psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child and Animal Learning Development · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Psychology

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