Neurobiology Archives

Addiction focused EMDR therapy to treat sexual addiction in an individual with a sexual offense history: Self-report and wearable device report in a single case design (Sexual Health & Compulsivity)

This study investigated the efficacy of Addiction Focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) therapy interventions in patients struggling with sexual addiction, and aimed to determine if AF-EMDR therapy reduced craving for explicit content and other symptoms of sexual addiction.

Affect-Focused EMDR: Clinical Strategies for Working with Relational Trauma (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This theoretical article explores affect-focused EMDR, which posits that the reprocessing of affect is central to the EMDR process, rather than the reprocessing of memories or mental representations.

Dual-task interventions reduce vividness and unpleasantness in both old and new memories (Behaviour Research and Therapy)

This study provides insight into memory consolidation, dual-task effectiveness and interventions, and EMDR.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as a potential treatment for substance use disorders: Study protocol (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of EMDR in substance use disorder (SUD) patients with comorbid psychological trauma.

A common denominator: PTSD, rapid eye movements, and fear extinction (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)

Our findings provide evidence linking gaze reinstatement and pattern completion and advance a functional role for EMs in memory retrieval.

Stress and stress reactivity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following eye movement desensitization (EMD): A randomized controlled trial (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry)

Study evaluated if EMD participants had less stress reactivity than retrieval-only participants after personal trauma scripts and examined changes in daily cortisol levels related to treatment outcomes.

Disentangling eye movement desensitization and reprocessing mechanisms of action: The impact of eye movements in the eye blink conditioning task (Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory, Research, and Practice)

This study aimed to explore an EMDR mechanism of action by investigating the effect of horizontal eye movements (EM) on fear extinction learning in healthy individuals, using an Eye Blink Conditioning (EBC) task.

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.

Do 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.

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) improves symptoms of anxiety and depression, blood pressure, and heart rate variability in patients with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial (Psychology, Health and Medicine)

This study investigated the impact of an EMDR intervention for patients with hypertension on improving symptoms of anxiety and depression, blood pressure, and heart rate variability (HRV).

Chapter eighteen – The neuroscientific basis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): From brain to treatment (Elsevier B.V., 2025)

This chapter explores the pathophysiology of PTSD, focusing on its underlying mechanisms, associated risk factors, and high-risk populations. EMDR therapy, among other interventions, is reviewed for its effectiveness in symptom management.

Neuroimaging 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.

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