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41(UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), AISHWARYA BENZY (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), RILEY MCNABOE (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), HUGO POSADAQUINTERO (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), KIMBERLI TREADWELL (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT), ROBERT ASTUR (UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT) A common yet widely unsuccessful treatment in anxiety disorders is exposure therapy. We examined a method to increase the effectiveness of extinction to combat this issue. 180 participants with social anxiety underwent fear conditioning. One group experienced typical extinction, while the other experienced an alternative extinction where a tone was played in the stimulus' absence. We observed that while anxiety levels decreased in both groups, those who underwent alternative extinction expected the shock less.POSTER 3ASYMMETRICAL GENERALIZATION OF ASSOCIATIVE RESPONDING BETWEEN TONE-ON AND TONE-OFF CUESWILLIAM MEYER (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY), MEGAN ADKINS (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY), SUSANNAH ANDRESS (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY), NATALIE TRUELOVE (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY), MATTHEW CAMPOLATTARO (CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY) This study investigated generalization of associative conditioning using tone-on and tone-off conditioned stimuli (CSs). Rats were given delay eyeblink conditioning, generalization tests, and extinction training. Rats trained with tone-on CSs generalized more readily to a novel frequency than those trained with tone-off CSs, suggesting greater salience of toneon cues. Both groups showed robust general transfer and similar extinction rates. These findings indicate that cue type significantly affects immediate generalization while preserving broader associative learning mechanisms.POSTER 4CAFFEINE MODESTLY INCREASES SIGNTRACKING FOR AN ALCOHOL-PREDICTIVE CUESARAH HOLSTEIN (LYCOMING COLLEGE), NATASHA TORRES (LYCOMING COLLEGE), NIDHI SOBRUN (LYCOMING COLLEGE), SAMANTHA MORENO (LYCOMING COLLEGE) Although caffeine can increase alcohol intake, little research has evaluated the impact of caffeine on responses to alcohol-predictive cues. Long-Evans rats were trained to associate a lever CS with a sweetened alcohol US. Subjects quickly acquired a CS-USassociation. However, caffeine-treated rats increasingly directed their attention to the lever CS (sign-tracking), whereas saline-treated rats directed their attention to the reward delivery site (goal-tracking), suggesting that caffeine may increase the incentive salience of an alcohol-predictive stimulus.POSTER 5COMPARING PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE WITH LATENT INHIBITION AND RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE WITH EXTINCTIONKIMBERLY CASEY (BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), LUCAS PETRUZZO, JEREMIE JOZEFOWIZ, RALPH MILLER Two experiments studied renewal susceptibility in human contingency learning by comparing extinction (Ext) and retroactive interference (RI) in Experiment 1 and latent inhibition (LI) and proactive interference (PI) in Experiment 2. Consistent with previous findings, Experiment 1 found no significant ABA renewal, with RI and Ext showing similar context-independent effects. Experiment 2 revealed that PI consistently reduced contingency ratings across both high and low cueoutcome pairings, while LI selectively reduced ratings in high contingency conditions.POSTER 6EFFECTS OF RESTRAINT STRESS ON CS PREEXPOSURE USING A PASSIVE AVOIDANCE PARADIGMBETHANY GROVE (SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY), MADISON SPENCER (SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY), JAMES F. BRIGGS (SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY) Research has shown that stress can both enhance and impair the CS preexposure effect (latent inhibition). Here, we investigated whether a single restraint stress session impacted the CS preexposure effect in rats using a passive avoidance paradigm. Results showed that the stress impaired the CS preexposure effect (i.e., stress impaired latent inhibition). We have begun investigating whether administering the amnestic agent Cycloheximide immediately following restraint stress alleviates the stress-induced impairment of CS preexposure.POSTER 7ELEMENTS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: ONLINE VS. IN-PERSON LEARNINGSARA AZZI (WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), BERNARD GEE (WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY) 41Friday, March 7