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ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2026

The next generation of fear generalization.

Samuel E Cooper, Patrick A F Laing, Augustin C Hennings, Bram Vervliet

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Review in Trends in cognitive sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Samuel E CooperDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, UT Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, UT Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Institute for Early Life Adversity Research, Dell Medical School, UT Austin, Austin, TX, USA. Electronic address: Samuel.cooper@austin.utexas.edu.
Patrick A F LaingDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, UT Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Neuroscience, UT Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
Augustin C HenningsPrinceton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Bram VervlietKU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

Computational Neuroscience to Decode Higher-Order Fear in PTSDK23MH138889 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Samuel Emerson Cooper · 2025 to 2026
$874k
Using latent cause modeling and neurofeedback to understand fear relapse and its relationship to anxietyF32MH140486 · NIMH · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Augustin Cole Hennings · 2025 to 2026
$160k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH140486NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH138889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generalizing from past experience is a fundamental feature of cognition. Although generalization has been of long-standing interest to diverse domains in psychological science, the past decade has seen a rapid acceleration of fear generalization research in particular. The field of human fear generalization is at a pivotal juncture where it is now possible to synthesize extensive behavioral work, competing theoretical models, animal and human neuroscience, and clinical and individual-differences research to address enduring gaps. In this review, we provide an updated account of where the field of human fear generalization currently resides and offer concrete avenues for new research emphasizing tighter integration between animal and human neuroscience, prioritizing cross-disciplinary perspectives, and updating conceptual frameworks to align with rapidly advancing methods.

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anxietyassociative learningcognitive neurosciencefear generalizationmemory

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PMID42767896
PMCPMC13656302

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