Hemodynamic responses of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in posttraumatic stress disorder (Neuroscience Research)
We assessed the change in hemoglobin concentration in the lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) during Recall with and without eye movements.
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Adult PTSD and Its Treatment With EMDR: A Review of Controversies, Evidence, and Theoretical Knowledge (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article provides an overview of selective issues relating to adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its treatment with EMDR.
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EMDR Works . . . But How? Recent Progress in the Search for Treatment Mechanisms (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article reviews several accounts of how EMDR works to reduce symptoms and/or aid in memory reprocessing.
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A Single-Case fMRI Study EMDR Treatment of a Patient With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Study of EMDR with auditory alternating bilateral stimulation (ABS) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain activations.
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Present and Accounted For: Sensory Stimulation and Parietal Neuroplasticity (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Directional/bilateral alternating peripheral sensory stimulation appear to assist in the amelioration of a wide range of clinical conditions.
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Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing and EMDR Action (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The possibility that bilateral stimulation induces a brain/mind state similar to that of rapid eye movement sleep is supported by studies.
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The Neurobiology of EMDR: Exploring the Thalamus and Neural Integration (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
One underlying mechanism of EMDR stimulation (BLS) is likely thalamic activation specifically of the ventrolateral and central-lateral nuclei.
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EMDR and the Adaptive Information Processing Model: Potential Mechanisms of Change (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Throughout the article a variety of mechanisms of action are discussed, including those inferred by tenets of the AIP model, and the EMDR procedures themselves, including the bilateral stimulation.
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A Working Memory Explanation for the Effects of Eye Movements in EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Study tested working memory theory to investigate the effects of eye movement (EM) on the components of autobiographical memory.
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Crucial Processes in EMDR: More Than Imaginal Exposure (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
The processes that underlie the effectiveness of EMDR are examined by evaluating the procedural differences between it and exposure therapy.
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Psychophysiological Studies of EMDR (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
This article describes research on the effects of eye movements during authentic EMDR sessions of chronic PTSD in refugees of war and torture.
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QEEG analysis of treating PTSD and bulimia nervosa using EMDR (Journal of Neurotherapy)
Bilateral stimulation treatment methods such as EMDR were shown to be successful in treating the PTSD and Bulimia Nervosa conditions.
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