Do horizontal saccadic eye movements increase interhemispheric coherence? Investigation of a hypothesized neural mechanism underlying EMDR

Do horizontal saccadic eye movements increase interhemispheric coherence? Investigation of a hypothesized neural mechanism underlying EMDR

Series of horizontal saccadic eye movements (EMs) are known to improve episodic memory retrieval in healthy adults and to facilitate the processing of traumatic memories in eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Several authors have proposed that EMs achieve these effects by i...

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Main Authors: Zoe eSamara, Bernet M. Elzinga, Heleen A Slagter, Sander eNieuwenhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Eye
interhemispheric
emotional
coherence
EMDR
horizontal
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00004/full

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