Eye movements reduce vividness and emotionality of " flashforwards"

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-447

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Janssen, Wilco C ^a   van der Beek, Jorinde ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive process; EMDR; Eye movements; Flashforwards; PTSD; Visual images; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952552285     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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