EMDR, eye movement desentization and reprocessing, är en evidensbaserad psykoterapeutisk metod för behandling av bl. a trauma. Syftet med undersökningen var att undersöka effekten av EMDR-behandling på patienter hos S:t Lukas. Frågeställningar: Hur skattar S:t Lukas patienter Posttraumatisk stress disorder (PTSD)-kriterierna återupplevande, undvikande och överspändhet, före och efter EMDR-behandling? Finns det utifrån bakgrundsvariablerna kön, ålder, typ av trauma, tidigare trauma samt antal behandlingstillfällen några skillnader i personernas skattningar före respektive efter behandlingen? Metod: I denna kvantitativa studie undersöktes 21 kvinnor och 9 män före och efter EMDR behandling. Självskattningsformuläret Impact of Event Scale-Revised, IES-R användes, vilket mäter PTSD-kriterierna återupplevande, undvikande och överspändhet. Resultat och diskussion: Resultaten från studien visar statistiskt signifikant symtomminskning i återupplevande, undvikande och överspändhet. Ingen av patienterna gav indikation på PTSD efter EMDR-behandlingen. Före behandlingen var genomsnittet för IES-värdet 2,8. Efter behandlingen hade genomsnittet för IES-värdet sjunkit till 0,7. Det finns statistiskt signifikanta skillnader mellan IES-värdet när olika bakgrundsvariabler särskiljs: yngre (personer under 40 år) har ett signifikant lägre IES-värde för återupplevande än äldre efter behandling, personer som utsatts för rån har ett signifikant högre IES-värde för överspändhet än personer som utsatts för andra trauma före behandling och personer som utsatts för rån har ett signifikant högre IES-värde för undvikande än personer som utsatts för andra trauma efter behandling. Det genomsnittliga IES-värdet minskade med 2,1 för kvinnor och 2,0 för män. Kvinnor och män svarar således på behandlingen på likartat sätt men de könsbundna variationerna i denna undersökning är inte signifikanta. Personer som utsatts för tidigare trauma har före behandling ett genomsnittligt högre IES-värde, 2,9, än personer som inte utsatts för tidigare trauma, 2,6. Skillnaden i IES-värde är emellertid inte statistiskt signifikant och efter behandling är IES-värdet i stort sett detsamma för de två grupperna.

Theophostic Prayer Ministry (TPM) is an unparalleled method of inner healing which was developed in 1996 by Dr. Ed Smith of Campbellsville, Kentucky. The term Theophostic is formed by a combination of two Greek words, namely Theos (God) and phos (light). God's light refers to the central aspect of the ministry during which God gives his light to the counselee in order to expose the emotional wounds from the person's past and to heal it. TPM became known as a method which is exceptionally effective in treating trauma and experience-based problems. Several evaluators of TPM, however, raise questions concerning the doctrinal and philosophical soundness of the base of TPM's theory and practice. Exponents of the anti-psychology movement, like Martin and Deidre Bobgan, are exceedingly condemning in their critique of TPM, and particularly the fact that Smith probably had used insights, concepts and techniques from psychology. In researching the literature on the subject, it was found that the reformed pastoral ministry is relatively lacking in theoretical reflection on and practical implementation of the ministry of inner healing, TPM included. The first main purpose of the research was to scientifically determine whether the doctrinal and philosophical points of departure as well as practice of TPM were sound according to the reformative Scriptural standard. Should the research data indicate that TPM is acceptable in this respect, then the reformed pastoral practice have found at least one method of inner healing to make use of. Should the research data point to the contrary, then the necessary corrections can be done accordingly. The second main purpose of the research was to determine how the theory, practice and even context of TPM can possibly be served by the new light which the research may shed upon it. In the research methodology it is decided to firstly summarize the practical theory of TPM. This was followed on a meta-theoretical level by a qualitative empirical research on TPM, as well as a comparative study on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evenly highly successful psychotherapeutic treatment method for trauma and experience-based problems. In a third meta-theoretical chapter TPM and some of its critics are evaluated in accordance with the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. Following that, the data of the meta-theoretical chapters were compared in a hermeneutical way with the first practical theory of TPM and all its critique, as well as the reformative theological tradition. The final conclusions of the research indicate that TPM can be recommended to the reformed pastoral ministry as a reformative Scripturally sound method for inner healing and that the TPM theory, practice and context can be improved on several points as has been suggested in the study. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Theophostic Prayer Ministry (TPM) is an unparalleled method of inner healing which was developed in 1996 by Dr. Ed Smith of Campbellsville, Kentucky. The term Theophostic is formed by a combination of two Greek words, namely Theos (God) and phos (light). God's light refers to the central aspect of the ministry during which God gives his light to the counselee in order to expose the emotional wounds from the person's past and to heal it. TPM became known as a method which is exceptionally effective in treating trauma and experience-based problems. Several evaluators of TPM, however, raise questions concerning the doctrinal and philosophical soundness of the base of TPM's theory and practice. Exponents of the anti-psychology movement, like Martin and Deidre Bobgan, are exceedingly condemning in their critique of TPM, and particularly the fact that Smith probably had used insights, concepts and techniques from psychology. In researching the literature on the subject, it was found that the reformed pastoral ministry is relatively lacking in theoretical reflection on and practical implementation of the ministry of inner healing, TPM included. The first main purpose of the research was to scientifically determine whether the doctrinal and philosophical points of departure as well as practice of TPM were sound according to the reformative Scriptural standard. Should the research data indicate that TPM is acceptable in this respect, then the reformed pastoral practice have found at least one method of inner healing to make use of. Should the research data point to the contrary, then the necessary corrections can be done accordingly. The second main purpose of the research was to determine how the theory, practice and even context of TPM can possibly be served by the new light which the research may shed upon it. In the research methodology it is decided to firstly summarize the practical theory of TPM. This was followed on a meta-theoretical level by a qualitative empirical research on TPM, as well as a comparative study on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evenly highly successful psychotherapeutic treatment method for trauma and experience-based problems. In a third meta-theoretical chapter TPM and some of its critics are evaluated in accordance with the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. Following that, the data of the meta-theoretical chapters were compared in a hermeneutical way with the first practical theory of TPM and all its critique, as well as the reformative theological tradition. The final conclusions of the research indicate that TPM can be recommended to the reformed pastoral ministry as a reformative Scripturally sound method for inner healing and that the TPM theory, practice and context can be improved on several points as has been suggested in the study. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references.

Cette thèse en informatique présente un travail de modélisation cognitive computationnelle, à partir de données de mouvements oculaires lors de tâches de recherche d'information dans des textes. Nous nous intéressons à cette situation quotidienne de recherche d'informations dans un journal ou une page web, dans laquelle il faut juger si un texte est sémantiquement relié ou non à un but, exprimé par quelques mots. Parce que le temps est souvent une contrainte, les textes ne sont souvent pas entièrement lus avant qu'intervienne la décision. Plus précisément, nous avons analysé les mouvements des yeux dans deux tâches de recherche d'information consistant à lire un paragraphe et à décider rapidement i) s'il est associé à un but donné et ii) s'il est plus associé à un but donné qu'un autre paragraphe traité auparavant. Un modèle est proposé pour chacune de ces situations. Nos simulations sont réalisées au niveau des fixations et des saccades oculaires. En particulier, nous prédisons le moment auquel les participants décident d'abandonner la lecture du paragraphe parce qu'ils ont suffisamment d'information pour prendre leur décision. Les modèles font ces prédictions par rapport aux mots qui sont susceptibles d'être traités avant que le paragraphe soit abandonné. Les jugements d'association sémantiques humains sont reproduits par le calcul des similarités sémantiques entre mots produits par l'analyse de la sémantique latente (LSA, Landauer et al., 2007). Nous avons suivi une approche statistique paramétrique dans la construction de nos modèles. Ils sont basés sur un classifieur bayésien. Nous proposons un seuil linéaire bi-dimensionnel pour rendre compte de la décision d'arrêter de lire un paragraphe, utilisant le Rang de la fixation et i) la similarité sémantique (Cos) entre le paragraphe et le but ainsi que ii) la différence de similarité sémantique (Gap) entre chaque paragraphe et le but. Pour chacun des modèles, les performances montrent que nous sommes capables de reproduire en moyenne le comportement des participants face aux tâches de recherche d'information étudiées durant cette thèse. Cette thèse comprend deux parties principales : 1) la conception et la passation d'expériences psychophysiques pour acquérir des données de mouvements oculaires et 2) le développement et le test de modèles cognitifs computationnels. / This computer science thesis presents a computational cognitive modeling work using eye movements of people faced to different information search tasks on textual material. We studied situations of everyday life when people are seeking information on a newspaper or a web page. People should judge whether a piece of text is semantically related or not to a goal expressed by a few words. Because quite often time is a constraint, texts may not be entirely processed before the decision occurs. More specifically, we analyzed eye movements during two information search tasks: reading a paragraph with the task of quickly deciding i) if it is related or not to a given goal and ii) whether it is better related to a given goal than another paragraph processed previously. One model is proposed for each of these situations. Our simulations are done at the level of eye fixations and saccades. In particular, we predicted the time at which participants would decide to stop reading a paragraph because they have enough information to make their decision. The models make predictions at the level of words that are likely to be fixated before a paragraph is abandoned. Human semantic judgments are mimicked by computing the semantic similarities between sets of words using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) (Landauer et al., 2007). We followed a statistical parametric approach in the construction of our models. The models are based on a Bayesian classifier. We proposed a two-variable linear threshold to account for the decision to stop reading a paragraph, based on the Rank of the fixation and i) the semantic similarity (Cos) between the paragraph and the goal and ii) the difference of semantic similarities (Gap) between each paragraph and the goal. For both models, the performance results showed that we are able to replicate in average people's behavior faced to the information search tasks studied along the thesis. The thesis includes two main parts: 1) designing and carrying out psychophysical experiments in order to acquire eye movement data and 2) developing and testing the computational cognitive models.

The 85th percentile off-road glances while performing three tasks on an in-vehicle system while driving in a simulator was investigated. The tasks were a radio task, a telephone task and a sound settings task which were performed at three occasions each. The distribution of 85th percentile off-road glance durations for each subject and task showed that durations differed between individuals rather than between tasks. It also turned out that durations longer than 2.00 seconds were not rare and 2 of 16 subjects had durations longer than 2.00 seconds in the radio task. Even though the distribution showed small differences between tasks on an individual level, differences on a group level were found between the tasks. A tendency of a learning effect was found, which implied a decrease in 85th percentile off-road glance durations as the tasks were performed at several occasions. A tendency of a floor effect in 85th percentile off-road glance durations, when the subjects are familiarized with tasks, was also found. Performance on a computerized trail-making test, measuring ability of visual search, motor speed and mental flexibility, was found not to be related with 85th percentile off-road glance durations.

Athletic potential is one of the most complex human traits. An elite athlete is produced from a complex interaction of an innumerable number of traits exhibited by the athlete. However, it’s not clear whether these traits are innate, allowing the athlete to excel, or, alternatively, are a consequence of practice. To be successful, athletes rely heavily on sensory information from the visual and vestibular systems. This study investigated the relationship eye movement control has with innate athleticism by comparing the saccadic and Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR) responses of former, no longer practicing, elite athletes against their age and gender matched counterparts who were non-elite or non-athletes. Results showed subjects who participated in athletic activities longer (regardless of type or level achieved), showed both significantly better VOR suppression capabilities, as well as higher head velocities while suppressing their VOR. Although, these results are correlative in nature, they do not support the potential that VOR suppression is a learned trait of athletes. A longitudinal study would be required to assess this relationship fully.

La singularité nosologique du burnout vis-à-vis de la dépression n’est pas établie à ce jour. L’objectif de cette thèse de doctorat était d’examiner si burnout et dépression font référence à une même réalité pathologique ou constituent des phénomènes distincts. Nos travaux ont articulé approches dimensionnelles et catégorielles, et études transversales et longitudinales. Empiriquement, ces travaux ont révélé que burnout et dépression sont associés à des symptômes similaires, fluctuent à travers le temps de manière concomitante, et prédisent les mêmes altérations du traitement attentionnel de l’information émotionnelle – tel qu’indexé par l’enregistrement des mouvements oculaires des participants. En parallèle, notre analyse des fondements théoriques de la distinction burnout-dépression a montré que cette dernière est fragile et requiert une clarification. En effet, l’idée selon laquelle le burnout serait « spécifique du contexte de travail » tandis que la dépression serait « indépendante du contexte » n’est pas nosologiquement discriminante en soi. Saisis dans leur ensemble, ces résultats suggèrent que burnout et dépression pourraient couvrir une même réalité pathologique et renvoyer à une même catégorie nosologique, questionnant ainsi la vision actuellement dominante du chevauchement burnout-dépression / To date, the nosological singularity of burnout with respect to depression remains controversial. The aim of this doctoral dissertation was to examine whether burnout and depression refer to a single pathological realm or constitute distinct phenomena. Both dimensional and categorical approaches were adopted, and both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs were used. At an empirical level, our work revealed that burnout and depression are associated with similar symptoms, fluctuate concomitantly over time, and predict the same alterations in the attentional processing of emotional information—as indexed by eye movement recording of participants’ gaze. At a theoretical level, our analyses showed that the grounds of the burnout-depression distinction are fragile and require clarification. Indeed, the idea that burnout is “work-specific” whereas depression is “context-free” is not nosologically discriminating per se. Overall, these results suggest that burnout and depression may cover a single pathological realm and belong to a single nosological category, thus questioning the currently-dominant view of the burnout-depression overlap

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