dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Hornsveld, H.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ligeon, S.N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-31T17:01:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-31 | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-31T17:01:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/7063 | |
dc.description.abstract | Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a widely applied therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this therapy patients make eye movements
while recalling traumatic memories. It is suggested that EMDR taxes working memory and this reduces ratings of the vividness and emotionality of traumatic memories.
Although this has been studied extensively for the effectiveness of eye movements, research on bilateral beeps is scarce. Whit a sample of 42 students we compared the
effectiveness of eye movements and bilateral beeps. Results indicate that eye movements are more effective in reducing vividness and emotionality of negative memories.
Indirectly testing a mechanism proposed by the Working Memory Theory, we found that participants with a larger working memory focused their attention more on the memory as compared to students with a smaller working memory. In sum we conclude that bilateral beeps are inferior to eye movements in the reduction of vividness and
emotionality of memories | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | nl | |
dc.title | De invloed van oogbewegingen en klikjes op de
naarheid en levendigheid van negatieve
herinneringen | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie | |