ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2016
An Integrative Model for the Neural Mechanism of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
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- The immediate and follow-up effects of EMDR therapy for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of electronic cognitive training with bilateral eye movements and response inhibition on vocational college students' anxiety in a pilot study.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for survivors of life-threatening medical events.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Article
- REM Sleep Impairment May Underlie Sleep-Driven Modulations of Tinnitus in Sleep Intermittent Tinnitus Subjects: A Controlled Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
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- Commentary: Towards a unifying mechanism for cancelling movements.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Correlations between exploratory eye movement, hallucination, and cortical gray matter volume in people with schizophrenia.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- How Does Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy Work? A Systematic Review on Suggested Mechanisms of Action.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- [EMDR as a psychotherapeutic approach in the treatment of chronic pain : Is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing an effective therapy for patients with chronic pain who do not suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder?]Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2017Review
- Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Children and Adolescent with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Review
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing vs. Treatment-as-Usual for Non-Specific Chronic Back Pain Patients with Psychological Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2016Article
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Abstract
Since the seminal report by Shapiro that bilateral stimulation induces cognitive and emotional changes, 26 years of basic and clinical research have examined the effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in anxiety disorders, particularly in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The present article aims at better understanding EMDR neural mechanism. I first review procedural aspects of EMDR protocol and theoretical hypothesis about EMDR effects, and develop the reasons why the scientific community is still divided about EMDR. I then slide from psychology to physiology describing eye movements/emotion interaction from the physiological viewpoint, and introduce theoretical and technical tools used in movement research to re-examine EMDR neural mechanism. Using a recent physiological model for the neuropsychological architecture of motor and cognitive control, the Threshold Interval Modulation with Early Release-Rate of rIse Deviation with Early Release (TIMER-RIDER)-model, I explore how attentional control and bilateral stimulation may participate to EMDR effects. These effects may be obtained by two processes acting in parallel: (i) activity level enhancement of attentional control component; and (ii) bilateral stimulation in any sensorimotor modality, both resulting in lower inhibition enabling dysfunctional information to be processed and anxiety to be reduced. The TIMER-RIDER model offers quantitative predictions about EMDR effects for future research about its underlying physiological mechanisms.
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