Does Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR) Desensitizae Painful Memories? : Research Using Brain-Event-Related Potentials(ERP)

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  • EMDRは不快な記憶を脱感作できるのか? : ERPによる実証的研究(原著)

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The present investigation used psychophysiological indices such as P3 to examine whether eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) desensitizes people's painful memories. Participants in the study were 41 college students (26 females, 15 males). Of these, the 31 who had highly painful memories were divided into 3 groups: (1) EMDR group (N =10), in which participants moved their eyes while visualizing a painful memory, (2) image group (N =10), in which participants gazed at a fixed visual stimulus while visualizing a painful memory, and (3) eye movement (EM) group (N =11), in which participants only moved their eyes; (4) the 10 participants with less painful memories, as indicated by a low score on a subjective units of distress scale (SUDS), moved their eyes while visualizing less painful memories. The names of persons who evoked painful events for each participant were used as relevant stimuli for 2 EEG recordings, one before and the other after eye movement or gazing at the fixed stimulus. Comparison of P3 amplitudes elicited by the relevant stimuli showed that the P3 amplitudes in the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing group (#1) and the group with low SUDS scores (#4) confirmed the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

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  • CRID
    1390845713075921152
  • NII Article ID
    110009668028
  • DOI
    10.24468/jjbt.30.2_75
  • ISSN
    24242594
    09106529
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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