EMDR Suppresses Amygdala (IMAGE)

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EMDR Suppresses Amygdala

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Two human experiments published in JNeurosci demonstrate that a widely used yet controversial psychotherapy technique suppresses fear-related amygdala activity during recall of a traumatic memory.

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de Voogd et al., <em>JNeurosci</em> (2018)

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