{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Hudson M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4> Previously, we proposed a “Split-second Unlearning” model to explain how emotional memories could be preventing clients from adapting to the stressors of daily living, thus forming a barrier to learning, health and well-being. We suggested that these emotional memories were mental images stored inside the mind as ‘emotional memory images’ (EMIs). <h4>Objective</h4> To elaborate on the nature of these emotional memory images within the context of split-second learning and unlearning and the broader field of psychoanalysis, to initiate a conversation among scholars concerning the path that future healthcare research, practice, and policy should take. <h4>Method</h4> A narrative review of the attributes of EMIs utilizing relevant and contentious research and/or scholarly publications on the topic, facilitated by observations and approaches used in clinical practice. Results: We propose a refined definition of EMIs as Trauma induced, non-conscious, contiguously formed multimodal mental imagery, which triggers an amnesic, anachronistic, stress response within a split-second. The systematic appraisal of each attribute of an EMI supports the idea that the EMI is distinct from similar entities described in literature, enabling further sophistication of our Split-second Unlearning model of psychophysiological dis-ease. <h4>Conclusion</h4> Exploration of the concept of EMIs provides further insight on mechanisms associated with psychophysiological dis-ease and opportunities for therapeutic approaches."],"journal":["Frontiers in psychology"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9702567"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Definition and attributes of the emotional memory images underlying psychophysiological dis-ease"],"pmcid":["PMC9702567"],"pubmed_authors":["Hudson M","Johnson M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Definition and attributes of the emotional memory images underlying psychophysiological dis-ease","description":"<h4>Background</h4> Previously, we proposed a “Split-second Unlearning” model to explain how emotional memories could be preventing clients from adapting to the stressors of daily living, thus forming a barrier to learning, health and well-being. We suggested that these emotional memories were mental images stored inside the mind as ‘emotional memory images’ (EMIs). <h4>Objective</h4> To elaborate on the nature of these emotional memory images within the context of split-second learning and unlearning and the broader field of psychoanalysis, to initiate a conversation among scholars concerning the path that future healthcare research, practice, and policy should take. <h4>Method</h4> A narrative review of the attributes of EMIs utilizing relevant and contentious research and/or scholarly publications on the topic, facilitated by observations and approaches used in clinical practice. Results: We propose a refined definition of EMIs as Trauma induced, non-conscious, contiguously formed multimodal mental imagery, which triggers an amnesic, anachronistic, stress response within a split-second. The systematic appraisal of each attribute of an EMI supports the idea that the EMI is distinct from similar entities described in literature, enabling further sophistication of our Split-second Unlearning model of psychophysiological dis-ease. <h4>Conclusion</h4> Exploration of the concept of EMIs provides further insight on mechanisms associated with psychophysiological dis-ease and opportunities for therapeutic approaches.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jan","modification":"2025-05-29T21:07:08.257Z","creation":"2024-11-08T10:53:58.368Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9702567","cross_references":{}}