From owner-cse575-fa08-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 20 08:58:04 2008 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:44:04 -0500 From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: UB CogSci-12/3-Mark E. Bouton: Context, Extinction, and Relapse To: CSE575-FA08-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ======================================================================== IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS IN 2 WEEKS ======================================================================== Center for Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo presents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark E. Bouton Department of Psychology, University of Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/~psych/?Page=faculty/Bouton.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, 3 December 2008; 2:00 p.m.; Park 280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Context, Extinction, and Relapse ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT: Extinction is a basic behavioral phenomenon that allows us to adapt to a changing environment. It is also a procedure that is used in clinical settings to help eliminate maladaptive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. However, basic laboratory research indicates that extinction does not erase the original learning, but instead creates new learning that is highly dependent on the context for retrieval. This talk will discuss some implications for understanding lapse and relapse (e.g., of anxiety disorders and substance abuse), and will present recent laboratory research designed to evaluate various behavioral and drug treatments that might encourage more permanent behavior change. Background reading: 1. Bouton, Mark E. (2002), "Context, Ambiguity, and Unlearning: Sources of Relapse after Behavioral Extinction", Biol. Psych. 52: 976-986. https://ublearns.buffalo.edu/@@4A2C4F7EA9E93961BB353A2282116F11/courses/1/ADM_PSY_MAUNER_081508/content/_1076660_1/Bouton%20%282002%29.pdf * A general introduction to Bouton's research, with a somewhat "clinical" bent. 2. Bouton, Mark E., & Woods, A.M. (2008), "Extinction: Behavioral Mechanisms and Their Implications", in R. Menzel (ed.), Learning Theory and Behavior, Vol. 1 of J. Byrne (ed.), Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Oxford: Elsevier): 151-172. https://ublearns.buffalo.edu/@@4A2C4F7EA9E93961BB353A2282116F11/courses/1/ADM_PSY_MAUNER_081508/content/_1076661_1/Bouton%20and%20Woods%20%282008%29.pdf * A more recent and more comprehensive review for a reader who might want a little more breadth and depth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Complete Fall schedule @ www.cogsci.buffalo.edu/Activities/Colloquium/CLLQf08/2008fall.html Background readings for each lecture are available to UB faculty and students on UB Learns. Once you have logged in to UB Learns at https://ublearns.buffalo.edu/ select "Center for Cognitive Science", then "Course Documents", then "Background Readings for Fall 2008 Colloquium Series". 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Bouton To: CSE575-FA08-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Center for Cognitive Science ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule for Mark E. Bouton, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 ======================================================================== 8:30/9:00-10:00 a.m. Breakfast with Prof. Leonard Epstein @ Hotel Indigo 10:00-10:15 a.m. Prof. Epstein brings Prof. Bouton to Park Hall 10:15-11:30 a.m. Prof. Steven Tiffany, 228 Park Hall, 645-0244 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Pick up lunch; Gail Mauner 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Brown-bag lunch, 209 Park Hall Gail Mauner, Sunfa Kim, Adam Privitera, Mauricio Suarez, Matthew Wisniewski ALL ARE WELCOME! 1:30-2:00 p.m. Prep time for colloquium 2:00-3:50 p.m. Colloquium: "Context, Extinction, and Relapse" 280 Park Hall OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 4:00-5:00 p.m. Prof. Larry Hawk 5:00-6:00 p.m. Prof. Eduardo Mercado 6:30/6:45 p.m. Transport to local eatery; dinner with Gail Mauner, David Braun, Eduardo Mercado IF YOU WISH TO JOIN FOR DINNER, PLEASE CONTACT GAIL MAUNER, mauner@buffalo.edu BEFORE WEDNESDAY, 11:00 A.M.