Francesco Tortora

francescotortora.bsky.social

20 October 2026 12:56

🧠 Our new preprint is out! In our shared work with @ecemtavacioglu.bsky.social, we report the first translation of an intensity-based gradual extinction procedure from rodents to humans. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Francesco Tortora

francescotortora.bsky.social

20 October 2026 12:56

By combining this approach with psychophysiological measures of defensive responding, we investigated how progressively reducing the intensity of an aversive outcome influences the subsequent expression of fear memories.

Francesco Tortora

francescotortora.bsky.social

20 October 2026 12:56

We provide initial evidence that gradual extinction may attenuate spontaneous recovery of fear. This approach offers a promising framework to investigate how aversive memories are updated and then expressed. With @yannikstegmann.bsky.social , @martandreatta.bsky.social, @gamerlab.bsky.social.

Francesco Tortora

francescotortora.bsky.social

16 September 2026 13:26

Hey folks! Check out our new preprint!📍 Bridging animal and human research, we dynamically manipulated contextual properties in VR to investigate how elemental and configural representations interact to shape the human defensive system across multiple response domains. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Thole Hoppen

tholehoppen.bsky.social

11 August 2026 07:45

🧵 1/7 Are psychological treatments for children and adolescents with PTSD safe? We just published a new systematic review and meta-analysis looking specifically at this question. We brought together evidence from 72 randomized controlled trials involving 5,677 young people. Here’s what we found👇