Comments on: How Is Wiggling Your Eyes Therapeutic?

By: Andy Smith

Andy Smith — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:35:22 +0000

There’s a slightly fuller account than the ScienceDirect abstract here:
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-is-it-about-eye-wiggling-that.html

It does look pretty much like distraction is doing it – and even if they did get people to look down as well as up, it probably wouldn’t hurt unless they made the subjects stay looking down for a period of time, rather than ‘in and out’ quickly.

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:24:29 +0000

Nice analogy Adam… Some real NLP computer styling to your thought process there!

Mike – that is great and useful – thank you! 🙂

By: Mike Reeves-McMillan

Mike Reeves-McMillan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:25:37 +0000

Andy, I have access to the whole thing, and as far as I can see they don’t specify whether the vertical eye movements included looking down as well as up. But since the conclusion of the study appears to be that it’s the distraction rather than the specific form that it takes which is producing the effect, it probably doesn’t matter.

By: Adam Adams

Adam Adams — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:57:58 +0000

perhaps it is like a CPU overload, and the over taxing forces a system reboot of some kind, beginning at the last known point, which was not the experience itself, but the experience clouded by other stimuli?

this new ‘boot’ of the experience becomes the default start file for the memory?

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:25:31 +0000

Thanks for the interest Andy… Iwas hoping to generate some interest from EMDR enthusiasts today… Facebook chaps highlighted a couple of people… However, ScienceDirect literally shares the entire research – all chapters, verses, diagrams, notations, bibliography… Many, many thousands of words to plough through and as much as I’d LOVE to do that… I just don’t have the hours… Sorry!

By: Andy Smith

Andy Smith — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:11:57 +0000

From an NLP point of view I’d be interested to know if the ‘vertical’ eye movements included looking down as well as up. Have you got access to the whole article (ie the bit you have to pay for) and if so could you spill the beans on what if anything it says about that?

By: Adam Eason

Adam Eason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:57:18 +0000

Good point Andrew… I knew I’d be able to rely on you to come up with some notion to help me understand…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:45:06 +0000

Maybe that’s similar to the 9 Gamut Procedure in EFT. You’re thinking about the problem while you you continuously tap the gamut point on the back of your hand and perform various tasks, including lots of unusual eye-movements.