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Table 1.

ERI (extinction retention index) definitions

ERI Formula Studies from which they were adapted
ERI1 100 × [(mean first four CS+ retention) – (mean first four CS retention)]/[max pair (CS+)–(CS) acquisition] Method 13
ERI2 100 × [(mean first four CS+ recovery) − (mean first four CS recovery)]/max (CS+) acquisition Dunsmoor et al. (2015a) and Milad et al. (2007)
ERI3 [mean (first four CS+ recovery) – mean (first four CS recovery)] − [mean (last four CS+ extinction) – mean (last four CS extinction)] Methods 15 and 16a
ERI4 (first CS recovery) – (last CS extinction) Methods 9a and 9ba
  • aAdapted from Table 1 in Lonsdorf et al. (2019).

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