1 50 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMDR Collection Journal Document # emdr_doc_ID 00092 Author(s) dc_creator Jackie Andrade<br />David Kavanagh<br />Alan Baddeley Year emdr_year 1997 Link to Document (e.g. DOI, PDF) emdr_title_link <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x">http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x</a> Link to Source (e.g. Association, Publisher) emdr_source_link onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2044-8260a Subjects emdr_subject Australia, Empirical Study, Eye movements, Experimental Stressors, Pictorial Stimuli, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Survivors, Treatment Effectiveness Accuracy Verified? emdr_accuracy Yes Archived emdr_archived Yes Original Work Citation spec_citation Andrade, J., Kavanagh, D., &amp; Baddeley, A. (1997, May). <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x">Eye-movements and visual imagery: A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. </a>British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36(2), 209-223. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eye-movements and visual imagery:  A working memory approach to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36(2), 209-223. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01408.x Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997, May Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal Description An account of the resource It has been claimed that the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be ameliorated by eye-movement desensitization-reprocessing therapy (EMD-R), a procedure that involves the individual making saccadic eye-movements while imagining the traumatic event. We hypothesized that these eye-movements reduce the vividness of distressing images by disrupting the function of the visuospatial sketchpad (VSSP) of working memory, and that by doing so they reduce the intensity of the emotion associated with the image. This hypothesis was tested by asking non-PTSD participants to form images of neutral and negative pictures under dual task conditions. Their images were less vivid with concurrent eye-movements and with a concurrent spatial tapping task that did not involve eye-movements. In the first three experiments, these secondary tasks did not consistently affect participants' emotional responses to the images. However, Expt 4 used personal recollections as stimuli for the imagery task, and demonstrated a significant reduction in emotional response under the same dual task conditions. These results suggest that, if EMD-R works, it does so by reducing the vividness and emotiveness of traumatic images via the VSSP of working memory. Other visuospatial tasks may also be of therapeutic value. Australia Empirical Study Experimental Stressors Eye Movements Pictorial Stimuli Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Treatment Effectiveness