Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: Implications for EMDR therapy

Ruth E. Propper; Jenna Pierce; Mark W. Geisler; Stephen D. Christman; Nathan Bellorado

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Effect of bilateral eye movements on frontal interhemispheric gamma EEG coherence: Implications for EMDR therapy

Ruth E. Propper, Jenna Pierce, Mark W. Geisler, Stephen D. Christman, Nathan Bellorado

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The use of bilateral eye movements (EMs) is an important component of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. The neural mechanisms underlying EMDR remain unclear. However, prior behavioral work looking at the effects of bilateral EMs on the retrieval of episodic memories suggests that the EMs enhance interhemispheric interaction. The present study examined the effects of the EMs used in EMDR on interhemispheric electroencephalogram coherence. Relative to noneye-movement controls, engaging in bilateral EMs led to decreased interhemispheric gamma electroencephalogram coherence. Implications for future work on EMDR and episodic memory are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	785-788
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume	195
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142cf73
State	Published - Sep 2007

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Eye movement desensitization therapy
Eye movements
Interhemispheric interaction
Posttraumatic stress disorder

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