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Papers about aphantasia and mental imagery, with summaries in plain words. The summaries are generated by AI and may contain errors.
Arntz · Behaviour Research and Therapy
Researchers updated the Imagery Rescripting protocol to focus on therapist-led intervention at the memory's most distressing "hotspot." This refinement improves emotional processing and offers non-visual alternatives for those who cannot imagine.
Arntz, Tiesema and Kindt · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Adding imagery rescripting to imaginal exposure significantly improved anger control and reduced guilt in PTSD patients compared to exposure alone. This suggests that active modification of mental imagery is more effective than simple exposure for treating trauma-related emotions.
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