Eye movement patterns drive stress reduction during Japanese garden viewing (Frontiers in Neuroscience)
This study looks at the role of eye movements in the reduction of physiological and psychological metrics of stress during Japanese garden viewing.
Read MoreDo eye movements in REM sleep play a role in overnight emotional processing? (Neuropsychologia)
This article dives into the crossover between neurobiology, rapid eye movements (REM), EMDR, and emotional processing.
Read MoreIn a UK sample, EMDR and other trauma therapists indicate beliefs in unconscious repression and dissociative amnesia (Memory)
This study provides data on UK mental health professionals’ beliefs about repression and dissociative amnesia and two dissociative trauma-related disorders, DID and PNES.
Read MoreTargeting craving with EMDR therapy: Future directions (Addictive Behaviors)
This paper discusses the effects of addiction-focused EMDR therapy based on insights from working memory, and evidence of underlying EMDR mechanisms.
Read MoreNeuroimaging in post-traumatic stress disorder: A narrative review (Archives of Medical Science)
The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive exploration of the epidemiology, symptoms, and ramifications of PTSD, supplemented by insights gleaned from neuroimaging investigations.
Read MoreThe effect of eye movement desensitization on neurocognitive functioning compared to retrieval-only in PTSD patients: A randomized controlled trial (BMC Psychiatry)
This study examined whether Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) improves neurocognitive functioning in PTSD patients, in comparison with a retrieval-only control condition without EMs.
Read MoreEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A pilot blinded, randomized study of stimulation type (Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics)
PTSD patients received EMDR with 3 different stimulations: intermittent alternating right-left, intermittent simultaneous bilateral & continuous bilateral.
Read MoreEye-movement replay supports episodic remembering (Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences)
When we bring to mind something we have seen before, our eyes move in a sequential pattern very similar to the original encounter.
Read MoreIndividual prediction of trauma-focused psychotherapy response in youth with posttraumatic stress disorder using resting-state functional connectivity (NeuroImage: Clinical)
Study of biomarkers are available to assist clinicians in identifying youth with PTSD who are most likely to benefit from treatment.
Read MoreThe effect of EMDR versus EMDR 2.0 on emotionality and vividness of aversive memories in a non-clinical sample (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Hypothesis that EMDR 2.0 is more efficacious than standard EMDR and show a greater decrease in emotionality/vividness than standard EMDR.
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