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It is based on the principle that repeated confrontations with anxiety-provoking stimuli in the absence of negative consequences lead to a reduction in anxiety. However, the authors emphasize that this process should not be understood as an erasure of old memory content, but rather as the acquisition of new knowledge that inhibits the original stimulus-fear connection. This new learning is highly context-dependent and can be influenced by situational factors. Clinical reality shows that extinction learning is often not transferred to situations outside the therapeutic context, which increases the risk of relapse. 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