Recent Neural Findings: The Dormant Potential of the Body Scan
This seminar integrates data regarding the Default Mode Network and the Mirror Neuron System with a specific focus on the body scan.
A multifaceted case-vignette integrating neurofeedback and EMDR in the treatment of complex PTSD (European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 2020)
The methods of neurofeedback and EMDR in relation to a short-time treatment of a patient with complex PTSD and dissociative disorder.
Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments: EMDR Therapy (Oxford Academic, 2020)
The scientific support for EMDR’s efficacy is reviewed in comparison with trauma-focused comparator, as well as its mechanism of action.
Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience)
A neuroimaging study to assess Tetris in patients with existing PTSD or explored how playing Tetris may affect brain structure.
Involvement of the cerebellum in EMDR efficiency: a metabolic connectivity PET study in PTSD (European Journal of Psychotraumatology)
The posterior cerebellum and its metabolic connectivity with the precuneus are involved in the clinical efficiency of EMDR in PTSD.
EMDR as an Adjunctive Psychological Therapy for Patients With Functional Neurological Disorder: Illustrative Case Examples (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common diagnosis in neurology clinics, and there is some evidence psychological therapy can help.
The effects of individual psychotherapy in BDNF levels of patients with mental disorders: A systematic review (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
“A systematic review evaluating the effects of individual psychotherapy in BDNF levels in patients with mental disorders.”
A cognitively demanding working-memory intervention enhances extinction (Scientific Reports)
This study suggests that doing mentally demanding tasks, like eye movements, while recalling fear memories can better reduce anxiety, supporting how EMDR works.
Cracking the EMDR code: Recruitment of sensory, memory and emotional networks during bilateral alternating auditory stimulation (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)
We show that EMDR therapy’s bilateral alternating stimulation is not a simple sensory signal: it activates large emotional neural networks.
Trauma and the Brain
Discover how trauma affects the brain and how EMDR therapy can help. Learn how it enables the brain to process traumatic memories for healing.
Neurobiology of emotional trauma (Psychiatriki)
Neuroimaging studies of successful EMDR treatment have consistently shown that patients exhibited increased frontal lobe activation.
The neuroscience of curing PTSD with EMDR therapy with Marco Pagani (Coffee with Scientists)
Dr. Marco Pagani talks about the first scientific study ever to look at the brain during psychotherapeutic treatment and reveals how EMDR therapy works to cure PTSD.
