Effects of covert sensitization on facial EMG: a pilot study.
Two subjects currently undergoing covert sensitization treatment were asked to imagine alternately the covert scene and a pleasant imagery scene while EMGs from the corrugator and forearm extensor muscle sites were continuously monitored. Visual inspection of the data suggests that corrugator EMG can reliably discriminate the covert-sensitization scene from the pleasant imagery and from resting baseline conditions. Facial EMG may have potential for objectively studying imagery and its role in covert sensitization and other imagery-based treatments.
D000328:Adult; D001348:Aversive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D004576:Electromyography; D005084:Exhibitionism / Q000628:therapy; D005152:Facial Muscles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D000092864:Suicide Prevention