The efficacy and psychophysiological correlates of dual-attention tasks in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Schubert, Sarah J ^a   Lee, Christopher W ^a   Drummond, Peter D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; EMDR; Eye movements; Orienting response; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650240889     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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