Speed matters: relationship between speed of eye movements and modification of aversive autobiographical memories

Speed matters: relationship between speed of eye movements and modification of aversive autobiographical memories

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an efficacious treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. In EMDR, patients recall a distressing memory and simultaneously make eye movements (EM). Both tasks are considered to require limited working memory (WM) resources. Because this leave...

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Main Authors: Suzanne Chantal Van Veen, Kevin evan Schie, Leoniek D.N.V. Wijngaards-de Meij, Marianne eLittel, Iris M Engelhard, Marcel A. van den Hout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Eye Movements
working memory
autobiographical memory
emotionality
EMDR
vividness
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00045/full

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