Slow associative learning in alcohol dependence and the alcohol cue exposure treatment paradox

• Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 116; no. 4; pp. 759 - 768
• Main Authors: Buckfield, Carl, Sinclair, Julia M. A., Glautier, Julia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2021
• Subjects: ABC recovery; Addictions; Alcohol; alcohol dependence; Alcohol related disorders; Alcohol use; Alcoholism; Associative learning; Between-subjects design; Colleges & universities; Computerization; Cue exposure; Cues; Drinking behavior; Drug abuse; Drug dependence; Experiments; Extinction; Extinction behavior; Five factor model; Impulsivity; Laboratories; Pavlovian conditioning; predictive learning; Psychological extinction; Psychology; Recovery; Recovery (Medical); Substance abuse treatment; Substance use disorder; Undergraduate students; Pavlovian conditioning; associative learning; extinction; ABC recovery; alcohol dependence; cue exposure; predictive learning
• ISSN: 0965-2140; 1360-0443; 1360-0443
• DOI: 10.1111/add.15210

Aims To examine two explanations for the observation that cue–exposure treatment has not been clearly effective in the treatment of alcohol dependence: do alcohol‐dependent individuals have either (1) slower extinction and/or (2) greater contextual specificity of extinction than non‐dependent indivi...