Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain
Daniel Pacheco, Antoine Bouyeure, George Jacob, Marie-Christin Fellner, Katia Lehongre, Virginie Lambrecq, Valério Frazzini, Vincent Navarro, Onur Güntürkün, Lu Hua Shen, Jing Ping Yang, Biao Han, Qi Chen, Nikolai Axmacher
This study uses iEEG and RSA to show that human extinction learning involves context-specific neural representations in the amygdala and extinction network, with theta oscillations signaling safety and predicting fear or safety responses.
Nature Human Behaviour · Aug 5, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience