Positive interpretation training: effects of mental imagery versus verbal training on positive mood.

By Emily A. Holmes, A. Mathews, Tim Dalgleish, B. Mackintosh. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science & Psychology

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Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology (2015, background): “Relative to visual mental imagery, instructions to think verbally about hypothetical scenarios can lead to reductions in mood (Holmes et al., 2006) and susceptibility to a subsequent negative mood induction, even when the imagined scenarios are positive (Holmes et al., 2009).”
Cognitive bias modification approaches to anxiety. (2012, methodology): “The viability of this approach is supported by the recent success of auditory CBM-I variants in reducing anxiety symptoms (Holmes et al. 2006, 2009), and Standage et al. (2009) report that auditory and visual versions of CBM-I www.annualreviews.org • Cognitive Bias Modification Approaches to…”
Clinical Implications of Cognitive Bias Modification for Interpretative Biases in Social Anxiety: An Integrative Literature Review (2013, background): “Holmes et al. (2006) reported that positive interpretation training enhanced positive mood through mental imagery as opposed to verbal processing.”
Modifying Interpretation and Imagination in Clinical Depression: A Single Case Series Using Cognitive Bias Modification (2010, methodology): “Of these, 100 had been used in previous studies (Holmes et al., 2006) and were read in a female voice.”
The effects of online product presentation on consumer responses: A mental imagery perspective (2014, background): “In contrast, Holmes, Mathews, and Dalgleish (2006) manipulated descriptions of a positive event, causing participants to engage in different information processing.”
Developing interpretation bias modification as a "cognitive vaccine" for depressed mood: imagining positive events makes you feel better than thinking about them verbally. (2009, methodology): “…1: We predicted that positive CBM-I would be more effective in the imagery condition compared with the verbal condition, with relatively greater reductions in anxiety, complementary increases in positive affect, and more positive interpretation bias, replicating Holmes et al. (2006).”
Mental Imagery: Functional Mechanisms and Clinical Applications (2015, neutral): “When presented with positive scenarios, imagery again amplified (positive) emotion [74,75].”