Participation of the thalamic CM-Pf complex in attentional orienting (Journal of Nuerophysiology)
Study that draws mechanisms of action conversations toward dual attention and orienting responses models emphasizing the importance of “attention switching” and “context updating.”
The orientating reflex: The “Targeting Reaction” and “Searchlight of Attention” (Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology)
Two main systems form the orientating reflex: the “targeting reaction” and the “searchlight of attention.”
Mindfulness, dissociation, EMDR and the anterior cingulate cortex: A hypothesis (Contemporary Hypnosis)
This article presents hypotheses on the neurobiology of a mindfulness–dissociation continuum, including EMDR.
Fear and anxiety: animal models and human cognitive psychophysiology (Journal of Affective Disorders)
Analysis of emotional information processing, emphasizing the neural foundations that underlie the experience and expression of fear.
Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms (Behavioral and Brain Sciences)
These findings suggest a forebrain mechanism is the final common path to dreaming and that the brainstem oscillator that controls the REM state is just one of the many arousal triggers that can activate this forebrain mechanism.
Further thoughts on the neurobiology of EMDR: The role of the cerebellum in accelerated information processing (Traumatology)
The possibility is suggested that another underlying mechanism of EMDR stimulation is the activation of the lateral cerebellum.
What psychological testing and neuroimaging tell us about the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Journal of Anxiety Disorders)
Study on the pathophysiology and treatment of PTSD before/after EMDR through psychological testing, Rorschach Ink Blot, and neuroimaging.
Sleep: off-line memory reprocessing (Trends in Cognitive Sciences)
Investigating the role of sleep in the consolidation and integration of memories.
Speculations on the neurobiology of EMDR (Traumatology)
A discussion exploring current neurobiological findings in the areas of the limbic system, REM-sleep and psychological trauma circa 1998.
The psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuroimaging studies (Annals of the New York Academy of Science)
The emerging body of knowledge from neuroimaging studies has prompted a focus on how extreme emotional arousal leads to a failure of the central nervous system to synthesize interpretation of incoming sensory information. Areas of the brain implicated are the amygdala, hippocampus, corpus callosum, anterior cingulate, and prefrontal cortex.
Reverse learning and the physiological basis of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (Medical Hypotheses)
This article suggests that EMDR may work by mimicking rapid-eye-movement sleep, using eye movements to trigger brain activity that helps consolidate and process traumatic memories.
An investigation of some hypothetical mechanisms underlying EMDR (Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy)
A hypothetical explanation is based upon “mental relaxation”, perhaps involving production of alpha activity from ocular defocusing, and data are presented from EEG and ECG measures.
