Optimizing exposure therapy with an inhibitory retrieval approach and the OptEx Nexus

2022/03/14 by Michelle G. Craske, Michael Treanor, Tomislav D. Zbozinek +1 · 179 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anxiety #Artificial intelligence #Categorization #Classical conditioning #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Conditioning #Expectancy theory #Exposure therapy #Extinction (optical mineralogy) #Inhibitory postsynaptic potential #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroscience #Novelty #Psychiatry #Psychology #Social psychology #Stimulus (psychology) #Stress Responses and Cortisol #Treatment of Major Depression

paper · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2022.104069

published in Behaviour Research and Therapy 152, 104069 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2022/03/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

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• Maximizing exposure therapy: An inhibitory learning approach
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