Exploring expectation effects in EMDR: does prior treatment knowledge affect the degrading effects of eye movements on memories?

Background: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective psychological treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Recalling a memory while simultaneously making eye movements (EM) decreases a memory’s vividness and/or emotionality. It has been argued that non-specific facto...

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Main Authors: Marianne Littel, Kevin van Schie, Marcel A. van den Hout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-11-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1328954