Overlapping frontoparietal networks in response to oculomotion and traumatic autobiographical memory retrieval: implications for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
A neurobiological account for how oculomotion may influence the frontoparietal cortical representation of traumatic memories” implications for EMDR.
Neurobiological features and response to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with breast cancer (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
EMDR compared to treatment as usual in breast cancer patients with PTSD through electroencephalography (EEG) & neurophysiological change.
Psychological and brain connectivity changes following trauma-focused CBT and EMDR treatment in single-episode PTSD patients (Frontiers in Psychology)
Neuroimaging data suggest a similar clinical improvement following EMDR and TF-CBT, with changes of bilateral temporal pole connectivity.
In the News: Brains That Learn Not to Fear
EMDR therapy is featured in these recent Nature journal articles discussing new findings on brain mechanisms of fear extinction. Learn more in this edition of In the News.
Fear extinction learning improvement in PTSD after EMDR therapy: an fMRI study (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
Participants underwent a behavioural fear conditioning and extinction paradigm during functional magnetic resonance (fMRI).
Changes in salivary biomarkers with EMDR – Evidence for EMDR effectiveness in treatment of PTSD ( Journal of Psychology and Mental Health Care)
In this study, three salivary biomarkers were examined during EMDR treatment to objectively assess changes in stress physiology during EMDR treatment for PTSD.
Neurobiological foundations of EMDR therapy (Springer, 2019)
Marco Pagani and Livia Sani describe the neurobiology of PTSD and brain areas affected pre and post EMDR treatment in EEG imaging.
Stochastic resonance as a proposed neurobiological model for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Medical Hypotheses)
This paper discusses an innate, biological mechanism (stochastic resonance) found in biological systems, including the human nervous system, that may explain the efficacy of dual attention stimuli (DAS) or bilateral stimulation (ABS).
Trust and Attunement-Focused EMDR With a Child (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Using EMDR therapy informed by attachment and neuroscience research about the importance of safety (trust) and relationship (attunement).
Childhood Abuse, Brain Development and Psychopathology
Childhood maltreatment is an important preventable risk factor for psychiatric disorders. Explore the effects of maltreatment on the brain.
The Art and Science of Resilience: The Role of Mindful Compassion, Empathy, and Interpersonal Neurobiology
Learn skills, both yourself and clients, that promote positive empathy, and mindfulness, that lead to increased resilience and happiness.
Eye-movement intervention enhances extinction via amygdala deactivation (Journal of Neuroscience)
This article “demonstrates that goal-directed eye-movements, like working-memory tasks, deactivate the amygdala, the core neural substrate of fear learning.”
