Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders

Holmes, Emily A.; Mathews, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.01.001

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“…A recent review by Holmes and Mathews (2010) suggested that, in comparison to words, images may be more likely to lead to direct activation of the emotional systems, which in turn should lead to increased attempts on the part of the participants to control access to specific events in order to regulate their affect and a concomitant increase in categorical retrieval.…”

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Autobiographical memory specificity in response to verbal and pictorial cues in clinical depression

Ridout

Dritschel

Matthews

et al. 2016

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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Background: Depressed individuals have been consistently shown to exhibit problems in accessing specific memories of events from their past and instead tend to retrieve categorical summaries of events. The majority of studies examining autobiographical memory changes associated with psychopathology have tended to use word cues, but only one study to date has used images (with PTSD patients). Objective: to determine if using images to cue autobiographical memories would reduce the memory specificity deficit exhibited by patients with depression in comparison to healthy controls. Methods: Twenty-five clinically depressed patients and twenty-five healthy controls were assessed on two versions of the autobiographical memory test; cued with emotional words and images. Results: Depressed patients retrieved significantly fewer specific memories, and a greater number of categorical, than did the controls. Controls retrieved a greater proportion of specific memories to images compared to words, whereas depressed patients retrieved a similar proportion of specific memories to both images and words. Limitations: no information about the presence and severity of past trauma was collected. Conclusions: results suggest that the overgeneral memory style in depression generalises from verbal to pictorial cues. This is important because retrieval to images may provide a more ecologically valid test of everyday memory experiences than word-cued retrieval

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confidence: 99%

Autobiographical memory specificity in response to verbal and pictorial cues in clinical depression

Ridout

Dritschel

Matthews

et al. 2016

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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“…Although not significant, this group displayed lower levels of HR and sEMG compared to fielders throughout the experimental phases and did appear to be effected by any perspective shift. The finding that the effects of perspective shift was only evident for the fielders and that the observers remained unaffected might yield to a speculation that "perspective disposition" could be a personality trait likely to play a crucial role in the acquisition, maintenance and alleviation of certain emotional problems and dispositions (Holmes & Mathews, 2010). It would be plausible suggestion that further research explore the possible interaction of perspective disposition and being high or low in emotional dispositions.…”

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Physiological Measurement of the Process of Perspective Shift in the Mental Imagery of Test Anxiety

ÖZER¹,

EREMSOY²,

KROMER³

2016

Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Research on the relative effects of imagining an event from a field vs. observer perspective on emotional experience has mostly relied on the subjective and retrospective self-reports. The main goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of the process of perspective shift on the experience of test anxiety by using physiological responses. Forty seven participants were asked to imagine themselves in a test anxiety situation. Once the original perspective (field or observer) was established, they shifted to the other perspective and then back to the original one. Results indicated that heart rate decreased significantly when those starting with a field perspective shifted to an observer perspective and increased significantly when shifted back to the field perspective. Investigation of the relative effects of perspective shift in high vs. low groups in emotional dispositions might further advance understanding whether perspective adherence might be considered as a legitimate trait. Keywords: Mental imagery, imagery perspective, physiological measures, test anxiety ÖzBir olayın göz veya dış açı ile zihinde canlandırılmasının duygusal yaşantılar üzerindeki etkisi ile ilgili araştırmaların çoğu, sübjektif ve geriye dönük bildirimlerine dayanmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı, fizyolojik tepkileri kullanarak canlandırma açısı değişikliğine dair sürecin sınav kaygısı üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. 47 katılımcıdan kendilerini sınav kaygısı yaşadıkları bir ortamda zihinsel olarak canlandırmaları istenmiştir. Zihinsel canlandırma yaptıkları orijinal açı (göz veya dış) saptandıktan sonra, diğer açıya geçmeleri ve sonrasında tekrar orijinal açıya geri dönmeleri istenmiştir. Göz açısı ile canlandırmaya başlayan katılımcıların dış açıya geçtiklerinde kalp atışlarında anlamlı düzeyde düşüş ve sonrasında yeniden göz açısına döndüklerinde ise yine anlamlı düzeyde yükseliş olduğu görülmüştür. Canlandırma açı değişikliğinin duygular üzerindeki etkisinin bahsi geçen duyguyu yüksek veya düşük düzeyde yaşayan katılımcıların oluşturduğu grupları karşılaştırma yoluyla incelemek, canlandırma açısı yöneliminin kişisel bir özellik sayılıp sayılmayacağı konusuna ışık tutacaktır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Zihinsel canlandırma, canlandırma açısı, fizyolojik ölçümler, sınav kaygısı 1 ozer.akadir@gmail.com 2 Yrd.Doç.Dr., Doğuş Üniversitesi,

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“…Growing evidence supports the existence of intrusive suicidal ideas and images [5,[7][8][9]37]. Moreover, intrusive mental images seem to be an important feature in multiple psychological disorders like PTSD [27,46], agoraphobia [47], social phobia [48], see Holmes and Mathews [49] for a review. Disorders differ in intrusions due to their associated theme, as the content of the intrusions matches the specific content of verbal thoughts related to each disorder [32].…”

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Treatment of Intrusive Suicidal Imagery Using Eye Movements

Bentum¹,

Sijbrandij²,

Huibers³

et al. 2017

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Suicide and suicidal behavior are major public health concerns and affect 3-9% of the population worldwide. Despite growing evidence, there are still few effective interventions available to reduce suicide risk. In this article, we describe theoretical models of suicide ideation and behavior and propose to examine the possible effectiveness of a new and innovative preventive strategy. A model of suicidal intrusion (mental imagery related to suicide, also referred to as suicidal flash-forwards) is presented describing one of the assumed mechanisms in the etiology of suicide and the mechanism of therapeutic change. We provide a brief rationale for an Eye Movement Dual Task (EMDT) treatment for suicidal intrusions describing techniques that can be used to target these suicidal mental images and thoughts to reduce overall behavior. Based on the available empirical evidence for the mechanisms of suicidal intrusions, this approach appears to be a promising new treatment to prevent suicidal behavior as it potentially targets one of the linking pins between suicidal ideation and suicidal actions.

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Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders

Cited by 737 publications

References 165 publications

Autobiographical memory specificity in response to verbal and pictorial cues in clinical depression

Autobiographical memory specificity in response to verbal and pictorial cues in clinical depression

Physiological Measurement of the Process of Perspective Shift in the Mental Imagery of Test Anxiety

Treatment of Intrusive Suicidal Imagery Using Eye Movements

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