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 Author(s) dc_creator Suzanne Chantal van Veen Kevin van Schie Leoniek D. N. V. Wijngaards-de Meij Marianne Littel Iris M. Engelhard Marcel A. van den Hout Document # emdr_doc_ID 01166 Link to Document (e.g. DOI, PDF) emdr_title_link <a href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045/abstract">http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045/abstract</a> Archived emdr_archived Yes Original Work Citation spec_citation van Veen, S. C., van Schie, K., Wijngaards-de Meij, L. D., Littel, M., Engelhard, I. M., & van den Hout, M. A. (2015, April). <a href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045/abstract">Speed matters: Relationship between speed of eye movements and modification of aversive autobiographical memories.</a> Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6(45), 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045 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 Speed matters: Relationship between speed of eye movements and modification of aversive autobiographical memories Description An account of the resource Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an efficacious treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. In EMDR, patients recall a distressing memory and simultaneously make eye movements (EM). Both tasks are considered to require limited working memory (WM) resources. Because this leaves fewer resources available for memory retrieval, the memory should become less vivid and less emotional during future recall. In EMDR analogue studies, a standardized procedure has been used, in which participants receive the same dual task manipulation of 1 EM cycle per second (1 Hz). From a WM perspective, the WM taxation of the dual task might be titrated to the WM taxation of the memory image.We hypothesized that highly vivid images are more affected by high WM taxation and less vivid images are more affected by lowWM taxation. In study 1, 34 participants performed a reaction time task, and rated image vividness, and difficulty of retrieving an image, during five speeds of EM and no EM. Both a highWMtaxing frequency (fast EM; 1.2 Hz) and a lowWMtaxing frequency (slow EM; 0.8 Hz) were selected. In study 2, 72 participants recalled three highly vivid aversive autobiographical memory images (nD36) or three less vivid images (nD36) under each of three conditions: recallCfast EM, recallCslow EM, or recall only. Multi-level modeling revealed a consistent pattern for all outcome measures: recallCfast EM led to less emotional, less vivid and more difficult to retrieve images than recallCslow EM and recall only, and the effects of recallCslow EM felt consistently in between the effects of recallCfast EM and recall only, but only differed significantly from recallCfast EM. Crucially, image vividness did not interact with condition on the decrease of emotionality over time, which was inconsistent with the prediction. Implications for understanding the mechanisms of action in memory modification and directions for future research are discussed. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frontiers in Psychiatry, 6(45), 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015, April Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal Language A language of the resource English