Sleep Promotes Generalization of Extinction of Conditioned Fear

摘要: IT IS OFTEN HYPOTHESIZED THAT SLEEP PLAYS AN EMOTIONAL REGULATORY ROLE.1–3 HOWEVER, THIS PUTATIVE NORMALIZING FUNCTION OF HAS received remarkably little empirical study. Over the past decade, many studies have shown that sleep plays an important role in memory consolidation within multiple systems4 including of emotional memory.5–8 The purpose current study was to examine effects on and generalization extinction memory, which are particular relevance pathophysiology treatment anxiety disorders.