Jenny Yiend

The role of consciousness in threat extinction learning.

Consciousness and Cognition November 1, 2023 Charlene L M Lam, Tom J Barry, Jenny Yiend et al. 1 citation

Extinction learning is regarded as a core mechanism underlying exposure therapy. The extent to which learned threats can be extinguished without conscious awareness is a controversial and on-going debate. We investigated whether implicit vs. explicit exposure to a threatened stimulus can modulate defence responses measured using pupillometry. Healthy participants underwent a threat conditioning...