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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: A new method in the treatment of performance anxiety for singers

The purpose of this thesis is to provide information and exposure for EMDR therapy as it relates to performance anxiety in singers and other musicians. Since EMDR therapy is a relatively new approach to relieving issues of anxiety, this thesis…

Tags: Bilateral Brain Stimulation, Brain Stimulation, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Trauma, Eye Movements, Mental Health, Musician, Performance Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Singers, Stress, Syndrome, Trauma

鮮やかさ、情動と自伝的記憶の想起に眼球運動の影響Effects of eye movements on vividness, emotionality and recall of autobiographical memory

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Tags: Emotionailty, Eye Movements, Interhemispheric Interaction, Vividness, Working Memory

A brief note: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is not hypnosis

Argues that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and hypnosis are qualitatively different states of neurophysiological functioning. An experiment is reported in which the effects of EMDR on brain functioning of 3 Ss are examined. EEGs…

Tags: Electroencephalography, Eye Movements, Hypnotherapy, Letter, Neurophysiology, Treatment

A comparison of visual versus auditory concurrent tasks on reducing the distress and vividness of aversive autobiographical memories

This study investigated the benefits of eye movement similar to that used in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) on reducing the vividness and emotionality of negative autobiographical memories. It was hypothesized, based on the…

Tags: Autobiographical Memory, Counting Method, Eye Movements, Vividness, Working Memory

A componential approach to hypnotic memory facilitation: Focused meditation, context reinstatement and eye movements

Although hypnosis is now less popular as an interviewing technique in forensic investigations than it used to be, recent evidence suggests that some of the components of hypnotic interviewing might still be useful in the development of brief memory…

Tags: Confidence, Context Reinstatement, Eye Movements, Forensic Hypnosis, Hypnotism, Interviewing, Meditation, Memory, Memory Facilitation, Testing

A note on eye movements and relaxation

Eye movements and certain visual mechanisms appear to be related to states of relaxation and levels of wakefulness. The hatha yoga tradition in its historical and contemporary forms uses certain eye 'exercises' or postures to induce relaxation and…

Tags: Eye Movements, Relaxation

A recommended process for developing a prototype of a software tool incorporating dual focus of attention with bilateral stimulation to enhance academic outcomes

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychological intervention that combines bilateral stimulation and dual focus of attention to help subjects with various emotional conditions restructure traumatic memories in a brief yet…

Tags: Dual Focus, Eye Movements, Software

A therapeutic technique alternative

In recent year there have been varied ways of directing eye movement during EMDR intervention. This is a suggestion about an alternative technique.

Tags: Eye Movements

A working memory analysis of the dual attention component of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

This dissertation applied the concepts and predictions of working memory theory to a psychotherapeutic approach, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). The overview of EMDR included a description of the treatment, theoretical model,…

Tags: Attention, Dual Attention Component, Empirical Study, Eye Movements, Short-Term Memory, Working Memory

A working memory explanation for the effects of EMs in EMDR

Research has consistently demonstrated that performance is degraded when participants engage in two simultaneous tasks that require the same working memory resources. This study tested predictions from working memory theory to investigate the effects…

Tags: EMs, Eye Movements, Working Memory

A working memory explanation for the effects of eye movements in EMDR

Research has consistently demonstrated that performance is degraded when participants engage in two simultaneous tasks that require the same working memory resources. This study tested predictions from working memory theory to investigate the effects…

Tags: Eye Movements, Mechanism of Action, Memory Components, Working Memory

Akut stres bozuklu¤unda bir müdahale tekni¤inin uygulanabilirli¤i: Göz hareketleri ile duyars›zlaflt›rma ve yeniden ‹flleme (EMDR) Applicability of an intervention technique in acute stress disorder: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

Akut stres bozukluğu, Türkiye'de giderek artan ve kişinin hayat kalitesini oldukça bozabilen bir sorundur. Bu konuyla ilgili olarak yapılan çalışmalarda hangi tedavi şeklinin daha yararlı olduğu konusunda kesin bir karara varılamamıştır. Göz…

Tags: Acute Stress Disorder, ASD, Behavior Therapy, Emotional Disorder, Eye Movements, Fear, Human, Memory Disorder, Psychologic Assessment, Quality of Life, Review, Stimulation

An evaluation of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

Review . . . the current methodological and professional issues surrounding Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) description of the EMDR procedure / evaluation of current published research / professional evaluation.

Tags: Evaluation, Eye Movements, Systematic Desensitization, Treatment Effectiveness

Application of EMDR in the treatment of major depressive disorder: A case study

This article presents a case study applying Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in major depressive disorder. The study describes the application of Shapiro’s Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model in the treatment of major depressive…

Tags: Adaptive Information Processing, AIP, BHUJ Experience, Bilateral Stimulation, BLS, Case Study, Depression, EMs, Eye Movements, Major Depressive Disorder, Somatic Symptom

Are addiction-related memories malleable by working memory competition? Transient effects on memory vividness and nicotine craving in a randomized lab experiment

Background and objectives: Experimental research suggests that working memory (WM) taxation reduces craving momentarily. Using a modified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) procedure, prolonged reductions in craving and relapse…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Eye Movements, Nicotine, Working Memory Taxation

Are eye movements necessary when treating post traumatic stress with the eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing procedure?

Tags: Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Art therapy meets EMDR: Processing the paper-based image with eye movement

This paper examines the role of the visual image in psychotherapy, and explores connections between how art therapists use physical images, and how EMDR practitioners use mental images in assisting emotional growth and healing. It outlines a clinical…

Tags: Art Therapy, Eye Movements, Imagery, Psychotherapy, Visual perception

Auditory and visual memories in PTSD patients targeted with eye movements and counting: The effect of modality-specific loading of working memory

Introduction: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A key element of this therapy is simultaneously recalling an emotionally disturbing memory and…

Tags: Auditory Memory, Eye Movements, Modality-Specific Loading, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Visual Memories, Working Memory

Bilateral eye movement enhance recall of non-traumatic autobiographical memories

Tags: Autobiographical Memory, Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movement: Changes brain default network functions in EMDR treatment

Introduction: The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of bilateral eye movement as one of the important therapeutic components through EEG analysis. We examined differences between pre-bilateral eye movement and post-bilateral eye movement of…

Tags: Eye Movements, Poster

Bilateral eye movements and EEG coherence during positive memories: Implications for PTSD and EMDR

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of bilateral eye movements in the processing of long-term emotional memories, especially as it pertains to the treatment method for PTSD known as EMDR. EMDR utilizes methods similar to cognitive…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, EEG, Eye Movements, Positive Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Bilateral eye movements enhance the retrieval of episodic memories

Two experiments examining effects of eye movements on episodic memory retrieval are reported. Thirty seconds of horizontal saccadic eye movements (but not smooth pursuit or vertical eye movements) preceding testing resulted in selective enhancement…

Tags: Episodic Memory Retrieval, Eye Movements, Saccadic Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movements impair the encoding and enhance the retrieval of episodic memories

Engaging in bilateral saccadic eye movements (EMs) immediately prior to retrieval has been shown to enhance the retrieval of episodic, but not semantic, memories (Christman, Garvey, Propper, & Phaneuf, 2003; Christman, Propper, & Dion, 2004).…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movements increase Stroop interference: A role of interhemispheric interaction

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Eye Movements, Interhemispheric Interaction, Stroop Interference

Bilateral eye movements lead to a neutralization of affective state

Engaging in bilateral eye movements (EM) leads to increases in Stroop interference, improvements in episodic memory, and decreases in false memories in a converging semantic associates paradigm. These results are interpreted as reflecting EM-induced…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movements reduce cortical activation asymmetries

Alternating left-right eye movements (EMs) have been shown to enhance episodic memory recall (Christman & Garvey, 2000). In turn, enhanced recall of episodic, or autobiographical, memories has been linked to increased interhemispheric interaction…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movements reduce cortical activation asymmetries

Tags: Cortical Activation Asymmetry, Eye Movements

Bilateral eye movements, attentional flexibility and metaphor comprehension: The substrate of REM dreaming?

Explanations for the effects of the rapid eye movements induced during Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 2001) have drawn upon an analogy with the eye movements of REM sleep (Kuiken, Bears, Miall, and Smith, 2002). An…

Tags: Attention, Bereavement, Dream, Eye Movements, Metaphor, REM Sleep, Trauma

Blurring of emotional and non-emotional memories by taxing working memory during recall

Memories that are recalled while working memory (WM) is taxed, e.g., by making eye movements (EM), become blurred during the recall + EM and later recall, without EM. This may help to explain the effects of Eye Movement and Desensitisation and…

Tags: Emotion, Eye Movements, Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Vividness

Brief treatment of co-occurring post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms by use of accelerated resolution therapy

This uncontrolled prospective cohort study evaluated the use of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for treatment of comorbid symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder. Twenty-eight adult subjects, mean age of…

Tags: Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ART, Brief Treatment, Depression, Exposure Therapy, Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Trauma, PTSD

Can eye movements treat trauma?

The article focuses on the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research supports the concept of using eye movements in reducing the symptoms of PTSD. Researchers…

Tags: Eye Movements, Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment

Can working memory account For EMDR efficacy in PTSD?

Although eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of PTSD for years, it remains highly controversial due to the lack of understanding of its mechanisms of action. We examined whether the…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, Dual Taxation, Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Working Memory

Changes in brain connectivity following exposure to bilateral eye movements

The present research assessed how engaging in bilateral eye movements influences brain activity. Participants had their resting-state brain activity recorded with electroencephalography (EEG) before and after they performed 30 s of bilateral eye…

Tags: Bilateral Eye Movements, Delta Coherence, Eye Movements, Handedness, Resting-State EEG

Comparaison de tâches concurrentes, auditives ou visuelles, pour réduire la détresse et la clarté de souvenirs autobiographiques déplaisants A comparison of visual versus auditory concurrent tasks on reducing the distress and vividness of aversive autobiographical memories

Cette étude examine les avantages de mouvements oculaires similaires à ceux utilisés dans la désensibilisation et le retraitement par les mouvements oculaires (EMDR) pour réduire la clarté et la charge émotionnelle des souvenirs autobiographiques…

Tags: Autobiographical Memory, Eye Movements, Method of Counting, Working Memory

Comparisons of eye movements and matched changing visual input

Background and Objectives During EMDR trauma therapy, performing EM taxes WM, and simultaneously recalled memories become less vivid. It has been proposed that this WM occupation results from CVI which occurs during EM. This study sought to compare…

Tags: Changing Visual Input, Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reaction Time, Visuospatial Sketchpad, Working Memory

De invloed van oogbewegingen op fear renewal en US devaluatie The influence of eye movements in fear renewal and U.S. devaluation

Tags: Anxiety, Conditioning, Eye Movements, Fear Renewal, Intrusive Memory, US Deflation, US Devaluation

Dealing with self-distress

The author, a nurse and victim of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for her service in Iraq, explains how to deal with the condition. She provides statistics on health practitioners who suffer from the condition, and describes a form of treatment…

Tags: Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment, War

Degrading traumatic memories with eye movements: A pilot functional

Background: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). During EMDR, the patient recalls traumatic memories while making eye movements (EMs). Making EMs during recall is…

Tags: Amygdala, Eye Movements, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Script Driven Imagery, SDI, Working Memory

Desensibilización y reprocesamiento con movimientos ocularesEye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Introducción: La técnica de desensibilización y reprocesamiento con movimientos oculares (EMDR, por sus iniciales en inglés) es un método terapéutico relativamente reciente que ha mostrado efi cacia en el tratamiento de diferentes entidades…

Tags: Desensitization, Eye Movements, Psychiatric Disorders, Reprocessing Technique

Desensitizing addiction: Using eye movements to reduce the intensity of substance-related mental imagery and craving

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. During this treatment, patients recall traumatic memories while making horizontal eye movements (EM). Studies have shown that EM not…

Tags: Addiction, Craving, Eye Movements, Mental Imagery

Do eye movements hinder the avoidance process leading to greater accessibility of traumatic memories?

Participants will: 1) learn Wegner's ironic memory process model; 2) learn how the ironic memory process model is related to the DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD; 3) learn that eye movements at different speeds interfere with and interact with the speech…

Tags: Eye Movements, Ironic Memory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Symposium, Wegner

Do horizontal saccadic eye movements increase interhemispheric coherence? Investigation of a hypothesized neural mechanism underlying EMDR

Series of horizontal saccadic eye movements (EMs) are known to improve episodic memory retrieval in healthy adults and to facilitate the processing of traumatic memories in eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Several authors…

Tags: EMs, Eye Movements

Do-it-yourself eye movement technique for emotional healing

Eye-movement techniques are a set of revolutionary new methods that psychologists have been using to reduce clients' emotional conflicts and redirect their thought into more positive directions. This book teaches readers how to self-administer these…

Tags: Eye Movements

Een serie experimenten naar oogbewegingen en klikjes: Wat werkt beter? A series of experiments on eye movements and clicks, what works better?

Er zijn verschillende theorieën over de werkingsmechanismen van EMDR. De belangrijkste theorieën zullen kort worden toegelicht en het wetenschappelijk bewijs ervoor samengevat. Vervolgens zullen we een serie eigen experimenten presenteren: drie…

Tags: Eye Movements, Mechanism of Action

Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: Implications for EMDR therapy

The use of bilateral eye movements (EMs) is an important component of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for PTSD. The neural mechanisms underlying EMDR remain unclear. However, prior behavioral work looking at the effects…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Brain Imaging, College Students, Eye Movements, Neurophysiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Quantitative Study

Effectiviteit oogbewegingen door recent onderzoek ondersteund, maar klikjes niet. Wat betekent dit voor de praktijk? Effectiveness eye movements supported by recent research, but no clicks. What does this mean for practice?

Tags: Eye Movements, Plenary

Effectiviteit van oogbewegingen, klikjes en geen dubbeltaak bij EMDR in een klinische steekproef Effectiveness of eye movements, clicks and no double task of EMDR in a clinical sample

Een werkgeheugen rekening van Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is op grote schaal ondersteund door laboratoriumonderzoek. Taken die belasting werkgeheugen voldoende Het een traumatische gebeurtenis herinneren terwijl het…

Tags: Eye Movements, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Working Memory

Effects of "eye movement desensitization" on emotional processing in normal subjects

A number of single case reports have made impressive claims for the efficacy of "eye movement desensitization" (EMD) in the treatment of traumatic memories. Many of these case reports claim that EMD reduces the unpleasant feelings associated with…

Tags: Aversive Stimulation, EMD, Emotional Responding During Retrieval of Aversive Information, Emotional Response, Eye Movements, Treatment

Effects of bilateral eye movements on gist based false recognition in the DRM paradigm

The effects of saccadic bilateral (horizontal) eye movements on gist based false recognition was investigated. Following exposure to lists of words related to a critical but non-studied word participants were asked to engage in 30s of bilateral vs.…

Tags: DRM Paradigm, Eye Movements, False Recognition

Effects of bilateral eye movements on the retrieval of item, associative, and contextual information

Two experiments are reported that investigate the effects of saccadic bilateral eye movements on the retrieval of item, associative, and contextual information. Experiment 1 compared the effects of bilateral versus vertical versus no eye movements on…

Tags: Bilateral Stimulation, BLS, Eye Movements

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