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Eye Movements and Trauma
34:23 - 52:00 (17:36)
Researchers have discovered a clinical tool that uses eye movements from side to side to suppress the activity of the amygdala, a brain region involved in anxiety and fear, and to uncouple emotional loads from traumatic experiences over time. REM sleep and slow wave sleep are also critical in attaching emotions to experiences and ensuring emotional attachment is correct.
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The way the brain eliminates connections between things during development can lead to emotional instability in children, but clinical practices are designed to help people move through trauma and troubling experiences by eliminating emotionality, which is similar to the way the brain eliminates connections during REM sleep.
34:23 - 40:01 (05:38)
Summary
The way the brain eliminates connections between things during development can lead to emotional instability in children, but clinical practices are designed to help people move through trauma and troubling experiences by eliminating emotionality, which is similar to the way the brain eliminates connections during REM sleep.
ChapterEye Movements and Trauma
EpisodeUnderstanding and Using Dreams to Learn and to Forget
PodcastHuberman Lab
Eye movements, specifically lateralized eye movements, suppress the activity of the amygdala, a brain region involved in threat detection, stress, anxiety and fear, which is why eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy uses these movements to suppress fear responses in the treatment of trauma.
40:01 - 45:19 (05:17)
Summary
Eye movements, specifically lateralized eye movements, suppress the activity of the amygdala, a brain region involved in threat detection, stress, anxiety and fear, which is why eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy uses these movements to suppress fear responses in the treatment of trauma.
ChapterEye Movements and Trauma
EpisodeUnderstanding and Using Dreams to Learn and to Forget
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast episode discusses how the brain processes emotions during sleep, and how this affects our memories and future behavior.
45:19 - 52:00 (06:40)
Summary
This podcast episode discusses how the brain processes emotions during sleep, and how this affects our memories and future behavior. The role of slow wave sleep and REM sleep in consolidating memories and attaching emotions is explained, along with how ketamine can be used to manipulate this process.