Emily Holmes

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Emily Holmes was born in Surrey, United Kingdom, in 1971. She has studied psychology at the University of Oxford, Uppsala University and Royal Holloway University of London, where she completed training as a Clinical Psychologist in 2000. She was awarded her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2005.

As a researcher, Holmes has worked at the University of Oxford where she was appointed Professor in 2010. From 2012–2016 she was Programme Leader at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Science Unit, Cambridge. Holmes came to KI as a Guest Professor in 2014. Emily Holmes has been ‘called’ from 1 August 2016 to be Professor of Psychology at Karolinska Institutet.

Articles

Article: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. 2023;42(10):8156-8163

The neural basis of Tetris gameplay: implicating the role of visuospatial processing

Agren T; Hoppe JM; Singh L; Holmes EA; Rosen J
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY-COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING. 2022;7(10):960-969

A Naturalistic Paradigm to Investigate Postencoding Neural Activation Patterns in Relation to Subsequent Voluntary and Intrusive Recall of Distressing Events.

Visser RM; Henson RN; Holmes EA
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2022;46(4):721-734

Imagery Rescripting for Reducing Body Image Dissatisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Ghaderi A; Welch E; Zha C; Holmes EA
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2022;52(7):1277-1286

Imagery-enhanced v. verbally-based group cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized clinical trial.

McEvoy PM; Hyett MP; Bank SR; Erceg-Hurn DM; Johnson AR; Kyron MJ; Saulsman LM; Moulds ML; Grisham JR; Holmes EA; Moscovitch DA; Lipp OV; Campbell BNC; Rapee RM
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):7049

Qualitative analysis of hotspots and intrusive memories after viewing an aversive film highlights their sensory and spatial features.

Singh L; Garate B; Hoppe JM; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2022;303:64-73

Reducing childbirth-related intrusive memories and PTSD symptoms via a single-session behavioural intervention including a visuospatial task: A proof-of-principle study.

Deforges C; Fort D; Stuijfzand S; Holmes EA; Horsch A
Article: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;26:100884

A first remotely-delivered guided brief intervention to reduce intrusive memories of psychological trauma for healthcare staff working during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Singh L; Kanstrup M; Gamble B; Geranmayeh A; Göransson KE; Rudman A; Dahl O; Lindström V; Hörberg A; Holmes EA; Moulds ML
Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2022;99:103286

Hotspots in the immediate aftermath of trauma - Mental imagery of worst moments highlighting time, space and motion.

Hoppe JM; Walldén YSE; Kanstrup M; Singh L; Agren T; Holmes EA; Moulds ML
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG. 2022;86(2):617-626

Emotional mental imagery generation during spontaneous future thinking: relationship with optimism and negative mood.

Ji JL; Murphy FC; Grafton B; MacLeod C; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2022;418:113632

Imaginal extinction and the vividness of mental imagery: Exploring the reduction of fear within the mind's eye.

Hoppe JM; Holmes EA; Agren T
Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(2):408-417

Neuromodulation of Visual Cortex Reduces the Intensity of Intrusive Memories.

Herz N; Bar-Haim Y; Tavor I; Tik N; Sharon H; Holmes EA; Censor N
Article: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2021;5(11):e29873

Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland.

Thorarinsdottir K; Holmes EA; Hardarson J; Hedinsdottir U; Kanstrup M; Singh L; Hauksdottir A; Halldorsdottir T; Gudmundsdottir B; Valdimarsdottir U; Thordardottir EB; Gamble B; Bjornsson A
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2021;9(6):1128-1143

Selectively Interfering With Intrusive but Not Voluntary Memories of a Trauma Film: Accounting for the Role of Associative Memory.

Lau-Zhu A; Henson RN; Holmes EA
Article: PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 2021;7(1):184

Reaching people soon after a traumatic event: an exploratory observational feasibility study of recruitment in the emergency department to deliver a brief behavioral intervention via smartphone to prevent intrusive memories of trauma.

Kanstrup M; Rudman A; Göransson K; Andersson E; Lauri KO; Rapoport E; Sunnergård L; Bragesjö M; Andersson E; Iyadurai L; Holmes EA
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2021;45(5):885-901

Harnessing Mental Imagery and Enhancing Memory Specificity: Developing a Brief Early Intervention for Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence

Pile V; Smith P; Leamy M; Oliver A; Blackwell SE; Meiser-Stedman R; Dunn BD; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2021;143:103876

A feasibility randomised controlled trial of a brief early intervention for adolescent depression that targets emotional mental images and memory specificity (IMAGINE).

Pile V; Smith P; Leamy M; Oliver A; Bennett E; Blackwell SE; Meiser-Stedman R; Stringer D; Dunn BD; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Article: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2021;5(5):e27473

Digitalizing a Brief Intervention to Reduce Intrusive Memories of Psychological Trauma for Health Care Staff Working During COVID-19: Exploratory Pilot Study With Nurses.

Singh L; Kanstrup M; Depa K; Falk A-C; Lindström V; Dahl O; Göransson KE; Rudman A; Holmes EA
Article: BMC RESEARCH NOTES. 2021;14(1):176

A simple cognitive task intervention to prevent intrusive memories after trauma in patients in the Emergency Department: A randomized controlled trial terminated due to COVID-19.

Kanstrup M; Singh L; Göransson KE; Gamble B; Taylor RS; Iyadurai L; Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(7):1211-1219

Emotional recognition training modifies neural response to emotional faces but does not improve mood in healthy volunteers with high levels of depressive symptoms.

Penton-Voak IS; Adams S; Button KS; Fluharty M; Dalili M; Browning M; Holmes EA; Harmer CJ; Munafò MR
Article: JMIR MENTAL HEALTH. 2021;8(2):e23712

Digitalizing a Brief Intervention to Reduce Intrusive Memories of Psychological Trauma: Qualitative Interview Study.

Gamble B; Depa K; Holmes EA; Kanstrup M
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;56(2):325-338

Healthcare use before and after suicide attempt in refugees and Swedish-born individuals.

Amin R; Rahman S; Tinghög P; Helgesson M; Runeson B; Björkenstam E; Qin P; Mehlum L; Holmes EA; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2021;376(1817):20190690

Exploring the neural basis of fear produced by mental imagery: imaginal exposure in individuals fearful of spiders.

Hoppe JM; Holmes EA; Agren T
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):30

Reducing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief cognitive task intervention in the hospital emergency department: an exploratory pilot randomised controlled trial.

Kanstrup M; Singh L; Göransson KE; Widoff J; Taylor RS; Gamble B; Iyadurai L; Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2021;12(1):1953788

Investigating the frequency of intrusive memories after 24 hours using a visuospatial interference intervention: a follow-up and extension.

Brennen T; Blix I; Nissen A; Holmes EA; Skumlien M; Solberg Ø
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2021;12(1):1947003

Feasibility and acceptability of Problem Management Plus with Emotional Processing (PM+EP) for refugee youth living in the Netherlands: study protocol.

Alozkan Sever C; Cuijpers P; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bryant RA; Dawson KS; Holmes EA; Mooren T; Norredam ML; Sijbrandij M
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2021;28(1):109-123

A single case series using visuospatial task interference to reduce the number of visual intrusive memories of trauma with refugees.

Kanstrup M; Kontio E; Geranmayeh A; Olofsdotter Lauri K; Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(2):254-263

Suicide attempt and suicide in refugees in Sweden - a nationwide population-based cohort study.

Amin R; Helgesson M; Runeson B; Tinghög P; Mehlum L; Qin P; Holmes EA; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2021;90(6):386-402

The Effects of Modifying Dysfunctional Appraisals in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using a Form of Cognitive Bias Modification: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in an Inpatient Setting.

Woud ML; Blackwell SE; Shkreli L; Würtz F; Cwik JC; Margraf J; Holmes EA; Steudte-Schmiedgen S; Herpertz S; Kessler H
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES. 2021;30:e62

Does country of resettlement influence the risk of suicide in refugees? A case-control study in Sweden and Norway

Amin R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Mehlum L; Runeson B; Helgesson M; Tinghog P; Bjorkenstam E; Holmes EA; Qin P
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2020;135:103752

Intrusive memories: A mechanistic signature for emotional memory persistence.

Herz N; Bar-Haim Y; Holmes EA; Censor N
Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2020;17(12):e1003392

Mortality and major disease risk among migrants of the 1991-2001 Balkan wars to Sweden: A register-based cohort study.

Thordardottir EB; Yin L; Hauksdottir A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Hollander A-C; Hultman CM; Lichtenstein P; Ye W; Arnberg FK; Fang F; Holmes EA; Valdimarsdottir UA
Article: COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHIATRY. 2020;25(5):348-363

Developing thinking around mental health science: the example of intrusive, emotional mental imagery after psychological trauma.

Singh L; Espinosa L; Ji JL; Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Article: SLEEP. 2020;43(8):zsaa033

Sleep and intrusive memories immediately after a traumatic event in emergency department patients.

Porcheret K; Iyadurai L; Bonsall MB; Goodwin GM; Beer SA; Darwent M; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 2020;34(4):546-564

Suicidal Imagery in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.

Schultebraucks K; Duesenberg M; Di Simplicio M; Holmes EA; Roepke S
Article: SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR. 2020;50(3):724-740

Imaginator: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial of a Brief Imagery-Based Psychological Intervention for Young People Who Self-Harm.

Di Simplicio M; Appiah-Kusi E; Wilkinson P; Watson P; Meiser-Stedman C; Kavanagh DJ; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;67:101454

Visuospatial computer game play after memory reminder delivered three days after a traumatic film reduces the number of intrusive memories of the experimental trauma.

Kessler H; Schmidt A-C; James EL; Blackwell SE; von Rauchhaupt M; Harren K; Kehyayan A; Clark IA; Sauvage M; Herpertz S; Axmacher N; Holmes EA
Article: ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH. 2020;23(3):371-377

Worrying in the wings? Negative emotional birth memories in mothers and fathers show similar associations with perinatal mood disturbance and delivery mode.

Hughes C; Foley S; Devine RT; Ribner A; Kyriakou L; Boddington L; Holmes EA; NewFAMS team Creators/Copyright Holders; NewFAMS team Contributors
Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2020;7(6):547-560

Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

Holmes EA; O'Connor RC; Perry VH; Tracey I; Wessely S; Arseneault L; Ballard C; Christensen H; Cohen Silver R; Everall I; Ford T; John A; Kabir T; King K; Madan I; Michie S; Przybylski AK; Shafran R; Sweeney A; Worthman CM; Yardley L; Cowan K; Cope C; Hotopf M; Bullmore E
Article: PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 2020;6:83

The IBER study: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of Imagery Based Emotion Regulation for the treatment of anxiety in bipolar disorder.

Steel C; Wright K; Goodwin G; Simon J; Morant N; Taylor R; Brown M; Jennings S; Hales S; Holmes E
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2019;10(1):1556550

Sleep disturbance and intrusive memories after presenting to the emergency department following a traumatic motor vehicle accident: an exploratory analysis.

Luik AI; Iyadurai L; Gebhardt I; Holmes EA
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(12):e032469

Improving mental health and physiological stress responses in mothers following traumatic childbirth and in their infants: study protocol for the Swiss TrAumatic biRth Trial (START).

Sandoz V; Deforges C; Stuijfzand S; Epiney M; Vial Y; Sekarski N; Messerli-Bürgy N; Ehlert U; Bickle-Graz M; Morisod Harari M; Porcheret K; Schechter DS; Ayers S; Holmes EA; Horsch A; START Research Consortium
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(12):e031964

Validation study of randomly selected cases of PTSD diagnoses identified in a Swedish regional database compared with medical records: is the validity sufficient for epidemiological research?

Hollander A-C; Askegård K; Iddon-Escalante C; Holmes EA; Wicks S; Dalman C
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL. 2019;148(12):2154-2180

Intrusive memories and voluntary memory of a trauma film: Differential effects of a cognitive interference task after encoding.

Lau-Zhu A; Henson RN; Holmes EA
Article: EMOTION. 2019;19(8):1366-1376

Emotional distraction in the context of memory-based orienting of attention.

Raeder S-M; Bone JK; Patai EZ; Holmes EA; Nobre AC; Murphy SE
Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2019;9(12):e01468

Remediating reduced memory specificity in bipolar disorder: A case study using a Computerized Memory Specificity Training.

Martens K; Takano K; Barry TJ; Holmes EA; Wyckaert S; Raes F
Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2019;64(10):686-696

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Nightmares for Patients with Persecutory Delusions (Nites): An Assessor-Blind, Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sheaves B; Holmes EA; Rek S; Taylor KM; Nickless A; Waite F; Germain A; Espie CA; Harrison PJ; Foster R; Freeman D
Article: EMOTION. 2019;19(6):1060-1069

Changing interpretations of emotional expressions in working memory with aging.

Mok RM; Hajonides van der Meulen JE; Holmes EA; Nobre AC
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG. 2019;83(4):817-831

Spontaneous cognition in dysphoria: reduced positive bias in imagining the future.

Ji JL; Holmes EA; MacLeod C; Murphy FC
Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2019;19(1):143

Treating repetitive suicidal intrusions using eye movements: study protocol for a multicenter randomized clinical trial.

van Bentum JS; Sijbrandij M; Kerkhof AJFM; Huisman A; Arntz AR; Holmes EA; Franx G; Mokkenstorm J; Huibers MJH
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2019;114:51-59

Mental imagery as a "motivational amplifier" to promote activities.

Renner F; Murphy FC; Ji JL; Manly T; Holmes EA
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2019;58(1):91-109

Anticipated and imagined futures: prospective cognition and depressed mood following brain injury.

Murphy FC; Peers PV; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA; Manly T
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):104

Investigation of the impact of total sleep deprivation at home on the number of intrusive memories to an analogue trauma.

Porcheret K; van Heugten-van der Kloet D; Goodwin GM; Foster RG; Wulff K; Holmes EA
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2019;10:801

Emotional Mental Imagery Abnormalities in Monozygotic Twins With, at High-Risk of, and Without Affective Disorders: Present in Affected Twins in Remission but Absent in High-Risk Twins.

Di Simplicio M; Lau-Zhu A; Meluken I; Taylor P; Kessing LV; Vinberg M; Holmes EA; Miskowiak KW
Article: JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;86(12):1076-1090

Reducing intrusive memories of trauma using a visuospatial interference intervention with inpatients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Kessler H; Holmes EA; Blackwell SE; Schmidt A-C; Schweer JM; Bücker A; Herpertz S; Axmacher N; Kehyayan A
Article: BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2018;46(6):706-725

Imagery-Focused Cognitive Therapy (ImCT) for Mood Instability and Anxiety in a Small Sample of Patients with Bipolar Disorder: a Pilot Clinical Audit.

Hales SA; Di Simplicio M; Iyadurai L; Blackwell SE; Young K; Fairburn CG; Geddes JR; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE AND INFANT PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;36(4):393-405

Spontaneous childbirth-related mental images among pregnant women: a mixed-method study.

Favrod C; Holmes EA; Vial Y; Morisod Harari M; Horsch A
Article: CORTEX. 2018;105:104-117

The role of mental imagery in mood amplification: An investigation across subclinical features of bipolar disorders.

O'Donnell C; Di Simplicio M; Brown R; Holmes EA; Burnett Heyes S
Article: COGNITION & EMOTION. 2018;32(5):1131-1138

Exploring the relation between visual mental imagery and affect in the daily life of previously depressed and never depressed individuals.

Slofstra C; Nauta MH; Holmes EA; Bos EH; Wichers M; Batalas N; Klein NS; Bockting CLH
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(6):e019964

Augmenting inpatient treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder with a computerised cognitive bias modification procedure targeting appraisals (CBM-App): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Woud ML; Blackwell SE; Cwik JC; Margraf J; Holmes EA; Steudte-Schmiedgen S; Herpertz S; Kessler H
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2018;32(5):569-577

Investigating d-cycloserine as a potential pharmacological enhancer of an emotional bias learning procedure.

Woud ML; Blackwell SE; Steudte-Schmiedgen S; Browning M; Holmes EA; Harmer CJ; Margraf J; Reinecke A
Article: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2018;373(1742):20170209

Multiple memory systems, multiple time points: how science can inform treatment to control the expression of unwanted emotional memories.

Visser RM; Lau-Zhu A; Henson RN; Holmes EA
Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2018;5(3):237-286

The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow's science.

Holmes EA; Ghaderi A; Harmer CJ; Ramchandani PG; Cuijpers P; Morrison AP; Roiser JP; Bockting CLH; O'Connor RC; Shafran R; Moulds ML; Craske MG
Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2018;23(3):674-682

Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial.

Iyadurai L; Blackwell SE; Meiser-Stedman R; Watson PC; Bonsall MB; Geddes JR; Nobre AC; Holmes EA
Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2018;28(2):317-333

From neuroscience to evidence based psychological treatments - The promise and the challenge, ECNP March 2016, Nice, France.

Goodwin GM; Holmes EA; Andersson E; Browning M; Jones A; Lass-Hennemann J; Månsson KN; Moessnang C; Salemink E; Sanchez A; van Zutphen L; Visser RM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(2):e0192837

Does napping enhance the effects of Cognitive Bias Modification-Appraisal training? An experimental study.

Woud ML; Cwik JC; Blackwell SE; Kleim B; Holmes EA; Adolph D; Zhang H; Margraf J
Article: PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 2018;4:97

A brief early intervention for adolescent depression that targets emotional mental images and memories: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (IMAGINE trial).

Pile V; Smith P; Leamy M; Blackwell SE; Meiser-Stedman R; Stringer D; Ryan EG; Dunn BD; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2017;47(12):3822-3832

Anxious Imagery in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation into Occurrence, Content, Features and Implications for Therapy.

Ozsivadjian A; Hollocks MJ; Southcott J; Absoud M; Holmes E
Article: SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;12(12):1950-1958

Increased rostral anterior cingulate activity following positive mental imagery training in healthy older adults.

Murphy SE; O'Donoghue MC; Blackwell SE; Nobre AC; Browning M; Holmes EA
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2017;8(sup1):1386959

Tetris and Word games lead to fewer intrusive memories when applied several days after analogue trauma.

Hagenaars MA; Holmes EA; Klaassen F; Elzinga B
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2017;211(5):266-271

Confusing procedures with process when appraising the impact of cognitive bias modification on emotional vulnerability†.

Grafton B; MacLeod C; Rudaizky D; Holmes EA; Salemink E; Fox E; Notebaert L
Article: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS. 2017;60:34-41

Assessing the efficacy of imagery-enhanced cognitive behavioral group therapy for social anxiety disorder: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

McEvoy PM; Moulds ML; Grisham JR; Holmes EA; Moscovitch DA; Hendrie D; Saulsman LM; Lipp OV; Kane RT; Rapee RM; Hyett MP; Erceg-Hurn DM
Article: APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;31(4):438-445

Selective Association Between Tetris Game Play and Visuospatial Working Memory: A Preliminary Investigation.

Lau-Zhu A; Holmes EA; Butterfield S; Holmes J
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2017;94:36-47

Reducing intrusive traumatic memories after emergency caesarean section: A proof-of-principle randomized controlled study.

Horsch A; Vial Y; Favrod C; Harari MM; Blackwell SE; Watson P; Iyadurai L; Bonsall MB; Holmes EA
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;14(7):E714-714

Treatment of Intrusive Suicidal Imagery Using Eye Movements.

Bentum JSV; Sijbrandij M; Huibers MJH; Huisman A; Arntz A; Holmes EA; Kerkhof AJFM
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2017;73(5):579-589

Brightening the Day With Flashes of Positive Mental Imagery: A Case Study of an Individual With Depression.

Blackwell SE; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2017;45(2):97-109

'I Can't Concentrate': A Feasibility Study with Young Refugees in Sweden on Developing Science-Driven Interventions for Intrusive Memories Related to Trauma.

Holmes EA; Ghaderi A; Eriksson E; Lauri KO; Kukacka OM; Mamish M; James EL; Visser RM
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2017;41(1):73-88

Mental Imagery-Based Training to Modify Mood and Cognitive Bias in Adolescents: Effects of Valence and Perspective.

Burnett Heyes S; Pictet A; Mitchell H; Raeder SM; Lau JYF; Holmes EA; Blackwell SE
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2017;8:82

Rethinking a Negative Event: The Affective Impact of Ruminative versus Imagery-Based Processing of Aversive Autobiographical Memories.

Slofstra C; Eisma MC; Holmes EA; Bockting CLH; Nauta MH
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2017;41(3):369-380

Effects of Engaging in Repeated Mental Imagery of Future Positive Events on Behavioural Activation in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder.

Renner F; Ji JL; Pictet A; Holmes EA; Blackwell SE
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2017;247:155-162

Seeing light at the end of the tunnel: Positive prospective mental imagery and optimism in depression.

Ji JL; Holmes EA; Blackwell SE
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2016;246:453-460

'Flash-forwards' and suicidal ideation: A prospective investigation of mental imagery, entrapment and defeat in a cohort from the Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey.

Ng RMK; Di Simplicio M; McManus F; Kennerley H; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;53:25-33

Playing the computer game Tetris prior to viewing traumatic film material and subsequent intrusive memories: Examining proactive interference.

James EL; Lau-Zhu A; Tickle H; Horsch A; Holmes EA
Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2016;18(8):669-683

An investigation of mental imagery in bipolar disorder: Exploring "the mind's eye".

Di Simplicio M; Renner F; Blackwell SE; Mitchell H; Stratford HJ; Watson P; Myers N; Nobre AC; Lau-Zhu A; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2016;205:245-251

Psychoeducation and online mood tracking for patients with bipolar disorder: A randomised controlled trial.

Bilderbeck AC; Atkinson LZ; McMahon HC; Voysey M; Simon J; Price J; Rendell J; Hinds C; Geddes JR; Holmes E; Miklowitz DJ; Goodwin GM
Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2016;47(5):702-719

Emotional Mental Imagery as Simulation of Reality: Fear and Beyond-A Tribute to Peter Lang.

Ji JL; Heyes SB; MacLeod C; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE. 2016;49:38-46

Cognitive styles and psychological functioning in rural South African school students: Understanding influences for risk and resilience in the face of chronic adversity.

Cortina MA; Stein A; Kahn K; Hlungwani TM; Holmes EA; Fazel M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;62(1):94-102

Bipolar risk and mental imagery susceptibility in a representative sample of Chinese adults residing in the community.

Ng RM-K; Heyes SB; McManus F; Kennerley H; Holmes EA
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2016;46(3):505-518

Intrusive memories to traumatic footage: the neural basis of their encoding and involuntary recall.

Clark IA; Holmes EA; Woolrich MW; Mackay CE
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;6(1):e720

Applications of time-series analysis to mood fluctuations in bipolar disorder to promote treatment innovation: a case series.

Holmes EA; Bonsall MB; Hales SA; Mitchell H; Renner F; Blackwell SE; Watson P; Goodwin GM; Di Simplicio M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(8):e0160235

Imagery Rescripting: The Impact of Conceptual and Perceptual Changes on Aversive Autobiographical Memories.

Slofstra C; Nauta MH; Holmes EA; Bockting CLH
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2015;230(1):36-43

Imagining a brighter future: the effect of positive imagery training on mood, prospective mental imagery and emotional bias in older adults.

Murphy SE; Clare O'Donoghue M; Drazich EHS; Blackwell SE; Christina Nobre A; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2015;187:97-100

Self-images in the present and future: Role of affect and the bipolar phenotype.

Di Simplicio M; Holmes EA; Rathbone CJ
Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 2015;12(112):20150670

Bipolar disorder dynamics: affective instabilities, relaxation oscillations and noise.

Bonsall MB; Geddes JR; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 2015;86(5):1489-1506

Relationship Reciprocation Modulates Resource Allocation in Adolescent Social Networks: Developmental Effects.

Burnett Heyes S; Jih Y-R; Block P; Hiu C-F; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2015;26(8):1201-1215

Computer Game Play Reduces Intrusive Memories of Experimental Trauma via Reconsolidation-Update Mechanisms.

James EL; Bonsall MB; Hoppitt L; Tunbridge EM; Geddes JR; Milton AL; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2015;71:65-75

The effect of positive mood induction on reducing reinstatement fear: Relevance for long term outcomes of exposure therapy.

Zbozinek TD; Holmes EA; Craske MG
Article: SLEEP. 2015;38(7):1017-1025

Psychological Effect of an Analogue Traumatic Event Reduced by Sleep Deprivation.

Porcheret K; Holmes EA; Goodwin GM; Foster RG; Wulff K
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2015;178:131-141

Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT): a randomized controlled trial.

Williams AD; O'Moore K; Blackwell SE; Smith J; Holmes EA; Andrews G
Article: COGNITION & EMOTION. 2015;29(4):702-713

Low emotional response to traumatic footage is associated with an absence of analogue flashbacks: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 16 trauma film paradigm experiments.

Clark IA; Mackay CE; Holmes EA
Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2015;33:422-431

Autobiographical memory and well-being in aging: The central role of semantic self-images.

Rathbone CJ; Holmes EA; Murphy SE; Ellis JA
Article: ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH. 2015;18(2):247-253

Salivary cortisol response to infant distress in pregnant women with depressive symptoms.

Murphy SE; Braithwaite EC; Hubbard I; Williams KV; Tindall E; Holmes EA; Ramchandani PG
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2015;35:19-34

Psychological therapy for anxiety in bipolar spectrum disorders: a systematic review.

Stratford HJ; Cooper MJ; Di Simplicio M; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2015;6:3

Thinking Back about a Positive Event: The Impact of Processing Style on Positive Affect.

Nelis S; Holmes EA; Palmieri R; Bellelli G; Raes F
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2015;3(1):91-111

Positive Imagery-Based Cognitive Bias Modification as a Web-Based Treatment Tool for Depressed Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Blackwell SE; Browning M; Mathews A; Pictet A; Welch J; Davies J; Watson P; Geddes JR; Holmes EA
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2015;39(4):480-491

Response Styles to Positive Affect and Depression: Concurrent and Prospective Associations in a Community Sample.

Nelis S; Holmes EA; Raes F
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2014;62:37-46

First steps in using machine learning on fMRI data to predict intrusive memories of traumatic film footage.

Clark IA; Niehaus KE; Duff EP; Di Simplicio MC; Clifford GD; Smith SM; Mackay CE; Woolrich MW; Holmes EA
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2014;2(6):675-684

Hypomanic Experience in Young Adults Confers Vulnerability to Intrusive Imagery After Experimental Trauma: Relevance for Bipolar Disorder.

Malik A; Goodwin GM; Hoppitt L; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2014;166(100):234-242

Mental imagery in bipolar affective disorder versus unipolar depression: investigating cognitions at times of 'positive' mood.

Ivins A; Di Simplicio M; Close H; Goodwin GM; Holmes E
Article: COGNITION & EMOTION. 2014;28(6):1047-1056

Beyond words: sensory properties of depressive thoughts.

Moritz S; Hörmann CC; Schröder J; Berger T; Jacob GA; Meyer B; Holmes EA; Späth C; Hautzinger M; Lutz W; Rose M; Klein JP
Article: TRIALS. 2014;15:282

Cognitive bias modification to prevent depression (COPE): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Almeida OP; MacLeod C; Ford A; Grafton B; Hirani V; Glance D; Holmes E
Article: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. 2014;51(6):546-555

Prefrontal-posterior coupling while observing the suffering of other people, and the development of intrusive memories.

Reiser EM; Weiss EM; Schulter G; Holmes EA; Fink A; Papousek I
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2014;56(100):60-67

Alleviating distressing intrusive memories in depression: a comparison between computerised cognitive bias modification and cognitive behavioural education.

Newby JM; Lang T; Werner-Seidler A; Holmes E; Moulds ML
Article: PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA. 2014;54(1):19-32

Mental imagery during daily life: Psychometric evaluation of the Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS).

Nelis S; Holmes EA; Griffith JW; Raes F
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2014;38(2):132-145

Positive Imagery Cognitive Bias Modification in Treatment-Seeking Patients with Major Depression in Iran: A Pilot Study.

Torkan H; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA; Kalantari M; Neshat-Doost HT; Maroufi M; Talebi H
Article: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2014;38(2):120-131

Simply Imagining Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows Will Not Budge the Bias: The Role of Ambiguity in Interpretive Bias Modification.

Clarke PJF; Nanthakumar S; Notebaert L; Holmes EA; Blackwell SE; Macleod C
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2014;152-154:212-218

Optimizing the ingredients for imagery-based interpretation bias modification for depressed mood: is self-generation more effective than imagination alone?

Rohrbacher H; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA; Reinecke A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(1):e85092

When we should worry more: using cognitive bias modification to drive adaptive health behaviour.

Notebaert L; Chrystal J; Clarke PJF; Holmes EA; MacLeod C
Article: EMOTION. 2013;13(6):1173-1181

Serotonin transporter genotype (5-HTTLPR) and electrocortical responses indicating the sensitivity to negative emotional cues.

Papousek I; Reiser EM; Schulter G; Fink A; Holmes EA; Niederstätter H; Nagl S; Parson W; Weiss EM
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2013;3(10):e004049

Positive imagery cognitive bias modification (CBM) and internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) versus control CBM and iCBT for depression: study protocol for a parallel-group randomised controlled trial.

Williams AD; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA; Andrews G
Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2013;44(5):602-611

Modifying adolescent interpretation biases through cognitive training: effects on negative affect and stress appraisals.

Telman MD; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Article: JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2013;81(5):793-799

Combining imagination and reason in the treatment of depression: a randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive-bias modification and internet-CBT for depression.

Williams AD; Blackwell SE; Mackenzie A; Holmes EA; Andrews G
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;44(3):312-315

Reducing analogue trauma symptoms by computerized reappraisal training - considering a cognitive prophylaxis?

Woud ML; Postma P; Holmes EA; Mackintosh B
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(7):1521-1532

The neural basis of flashback formation: the impact of viewing trauma.

Bourne C; Mackay CE; Holmes EA
Article: TRIALS. 2013;14:161

Effects of emotion recognition training on mood among individuals with high levels of depressive symptoms: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Adams S; Penton-Voak IS; Harmer CJ; Holmes EA; Munafò MR
Article: CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2013;22(2):402-406

Positive involuntary autobiographical memories: you first have to live them.

Clark IA; Mackay CE; Holmes EA
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2013;206(1):56-61

Optimism and mental imagery: a possible cognitive marker to promote well-being?

Blackwell SE; Rius-Ottenheim N; Schulte-van Maaren YWM; Carlier IVE; Middelkoop VD; Zitman FG; Spinhoven P; Holmes EA; Giltay EJ
Article: COGNITION & EMOTION. 2013;27(2):217-229

Feels like the real thing: imagery is both more realistic and emotional than verbal thought.

Mathews A; Ridgeway V; Holmes EA
Article: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY. 2013;42(4):260-264

Lars-Göran Öst.

Andersson G; Holmes EA; Carlbring P
Article: MEMORY. 2013;21(4):423-430

Dysphoric students show higher use of the observer perspective in their retrieval of positive versus negative autobiographical memories.

Nelis S; Debeer E; Holmes EA; Raes F
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(9):e71760

Internet-based attention bias modification for social anxiety: a randomised controlled comparison of training towards negative and training towards positive cues.

Boettcher J; Leek L; Matson L; Holmes EA; Browning M; MacLeod C; Andersson G; Carlbring P
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2012;3(4):572-581

Contemporary Approaches to Frequent Mood Monitoring in Bipolar Disorder.

Malik A; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;72(7):572-579

Using attentional bias modification as a cognitive vaccine against depression.

Browning M; Holmes EA; Charles M; Cowen PJ; Harmer CJ
Article: EMOTION. 2012;12(4):778-784

Ameliorating intrusive memories of distressing experiences using computerized reappraisal training.

Woud ML; Holmes EA; Postma P; Dalgleish T; Mackintosh B
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2012;19(4):341-351

Involuntary memories after a positive film are dampened by a visuospatial task: unhelpful in depression but helpful in mania?

Davies C; Malik A; Pictet A; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;43(2):758-764

Imagery in the aftermath of viewing a traumatic film: using cognitive tasks to modulate the development of involuntary memory.

Deeprose C; Zhang S; Dejong H; Dalgleish T; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2012;259(6):1062-1070

Vivid visual mental imagery in the absence of the primary visual cortex.

Bridge H; Harrold S; Holmes EA; Stokes M; Kennard C
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2012;3(2):258-273

How a Better Understanding of Spontaneous Mental Imagery Linked to Pain Could Enhance Imagery-Based Therapy in Chronic Pain.

Berna C; Tracey I; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2012;3(2):178-188

Greater positive affect change after mental imagery than verbal thinking in a student sample.

Nelis S; Vanbrabant K; Holmes EA; Raes F
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2012;279(1730):916-924

Nonlinear time-series approaches in characterizing mood stability and mood instability in bipolar disorder.

Bonsall MB; Wallace-Hadrill SMA; Geddes JR; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY. 2012;26(2):145-157

Cognitive Bias Modification Using Mental Imagery for Depression: Developing a Novel Computerized Intervention to Change Negative Thinking Styles.

Lang TJ; Blackwell SE; Harmer CJ; Davison P; Holmes EA
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2012;19(1):57-69

Suicidal imagery in a previously depressed community sample.

Crane C; Shah D; Barnhofer T; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2011;49(12):885-891

Fishing for happiness: the effects of generating positive imagery on mood and behaviour.

Pictet A; Coughtrey AE; Mathews A; Holmes EA
Article: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2011;36(13):2689-2697

Using an experimental medicine model to explore combination effects of pharmacological and cognitive interventions for depression and anxiety.

Browning M; Grol M; Ly V; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA; Harmer CJ
Article: JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. 2011;25(8):1032-1037

Prospective mental imagery in patients with major depressive disorder or anxiety disorders.

Morina N; Deeprose C; Pusowski C; Schmid M; Holmes EA
Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2011;13(7-8):651-661

Cognitions in bipolar affective disorder and unipolar depression: imagining suicide.

Hales SA; Deeprose C; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2011;49(10):707-713

Mood stability versus mood instability in bipolar disorder: a possible role for emotional mental imagery.

Holmes EA; Deeprose C; Fairburn CG; Wallace-Hadrill SMA; Bonsall MB; Geddes JR; Goodwin GM
Article: MEMORY. 2011;19(7):768-777

SenseCam, imagery and bias in memory for wellbeing.

Murphy FC; Barnard PJ; Terry KAM; Carthery-Goulart MT; Holmes EA
Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2011;51(3):349-354

Developing a measure of interpretation bias for depressed mood: An ambiguous scenarios test.

Berna C; Lang TJ; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: PAIN MEDICINE. 2011;12(7):1086-1093

Presence of mental imagery associated with chronic pelvic pain: a pilot study.

Berna C; Vincent K; Moore J; Tracey I; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE THERAPY. 2011;4(2):187-196

Measuring Intrusive Prospective Imagery using the Impact of Future Events Scale (IFES): Psychometric properties and relation to risk for Bipolar Disorder.

Deeprose C; Malik A; Holmes EA
Article: GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS. 2011;14(3):407-428

Enhancing imagined contact to reduce prejudice against people with schizophrenia.

West K; Holmes E; Hewstone M
Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2011;52(1):24-32

Cognitive bias modification training in adolescents: effects on interpretation biases and mood.

Lothmann C; Holmes EA; Chan SWY; Lau JYF
Article: PSYCHOLOGIST. 2011;24(5):340-343

'They flash upon that inward eye'

Holmes EA; James EL; Blackwell SE; Hales S
Article: PLOS ONE. 2010;5(11):e13706

Key steps in developing a cognitive vaccine against traumatic flashbacks: visuospatial Tetris versus verbal Pub Quiz.

Holmes EA; James EL; Kilford EJ; Deeprose C
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;41(3):316-324

Is it mere distraction? Peri-traumatic verbal tasks can increase analogue flashbacks but reduce voluntary memory performance.

Bourne C; Frasquilho F; Roth AD; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE. 2010;27(3):119-129

Unresolved Issues Regarding Homework Assignments in Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies: An Expert Panel Discussion at AACBT

Kazantzis N; Arntz AR; Borkovec T; Holmes EA; Wade T
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2010;178(3):451-455

Can we harness computerised cognitive bias modification to treat anxiety in schizophrenia? A first step highlighting the role of mental imagery.

Steel C; Wykes T; Ruddle A; Smith G; Shah DM; Holmes EA
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(11):1083-1090

Induction of depressed mood disrupts emotion regulation neurocircuitry and enhances pain unpleasantness.

Berna C; Leknes S; Holmes EA; Edwards RR; Goodwin GM; Tracey I
Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(10):919-925

Lateral prefrontal cortex mediates the cognitive modification of attentional bias.

Browning M; Holmes EA; Murphy SE; Goodwin GM; Harmer CJ
Article: APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 2010;24(3):338-350

Modifying Interpretation and Imagination in Clinical Depression: A Single Case Series Using Cognitive Bias Modification

Blackwell SE; Holmes EA
Article: COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2010;10(1):8-20

The modification of attentional bias to emotional information: A review of the techniques, mechanisms, and relevance to emotional disorders.

Browning M; Holmes EA; Harmer CJ
Article: BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2010;38(2):201-209

An exploration of prospective imagery: the impact of future events scale.

Deeprose C; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & DISSOCIATION. 2010;11(1):73-82

Motion effects on intrusion development.

Krans J; Näring G; Holmes EA; Becker ES
Article: JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. 2010;24(1):134-140

"I see what you're saying": intrusive images from listening to a traumatic verbal report.

Krans J; Näring G; Holmes EA; Becker ES
Article: MEMORY. 2010;18(1):76-84

Intrusive images and intrusive thoughts as different phenomena: two experimental studies.

Hagenaars MA; Brewin CR; van Minnen A; Holmes EA; Hoogduin KAL
Article: MEMORY. 2009;17(8):783-788

Does trauma memory play a role in the experience of reporting sexual assault during police interviews? An exploratory study.

Hardy A; Young K; Holmes EA
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2009;48(Pt 3):309-321

Visuospatial working memory interference with recollections of trauma.

Lilley SA; Andrade J; Turpin G; Sabin-Farrell R; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2009;47(5):426-430

Tell me more: Can a memory test reduce analogue traumatic intrusions?

Krans J; Näring G; Holmes EA; Becker ES
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2009;47(2):139-145

Reducing depressive intrusions via a computerized cognitive bias modification of appraisals task: developing a cognitive vaccine.

Lang TJ; Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2009;118(1):76-88

Developing interpretation bias modification as a "cognitive vaccine" for depressed mood: imagining positive events makes you feel better than thinking about them verbally.

Holmes EA; Lang TJ; Shah DM
Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4153

Can playing the computer game "Tetris" reduce the build-up of flashbacks for trauma? A proposal from cognitive science.

Holmes EA; James EL; Coode-Bate T; Deeprose C
Article: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY. 2009;38 Suppl 1:21-28

Mental imagery and emotion in treatment across disorders: using the example of depression.

Holmes EA; Lang TJ; Deeprose C
Article: EMOTION. 2008;8(6):875-879

Looking at or through rose-tinted glasses? Imagery perspective and positive mood.

Holmes EA; Coughtrey AE; Connor A
Article: MEMORY. 2008;16(7):788-796

"Hotspots" in trauma memories in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a replication.

Grey N; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2008;46(8):976-981

Prospective and positive mental imagery deficits in dysphoria.

Holmes EA; Lang TJ; Moulds ML; Steele AM
Article: COGNITION & EMOTION. 2008;22(5):944-963

The effect of hypnotically induced somatoform dissociation on the development of intrusions after an aversive film

Hagenaars MA; van Minnen A; Holmes EA; Brewin CR; Hoogduin KAL
Article: EMOTION. 2008;8(3):395-409

The causal effect of mental imagery on emotion assessed using picture-word cues.

Holmes EA; Mathews A; Mackintosh B; Dalgleish T
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2008;47(Pt 2):245-249

Positive schizotypy and trait dissociation as vulnerability factors for post-traumatic distress.

Steel C; Mahmood M; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;38(4):423-434

Imagery about suicide in depression--"Flash-forwards"?

Holmes EA; Crane C; Fennell MJV; Williams JMG
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;38(4):297-305

Imagery rescripting in cognitive behaviour therapy: images, treatment techniques and outcomes.

Holmes EA; Arntz A; Smucker MR
Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;38(4):474-490

Posttraumatic stress symptoms in London school children following September 11, 2001: an exploratory investigation of peri-traumatic reactions and intrusive imagery.

Holmes EA; Creswell C; O'Connor TG
Article: JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & DISSOCIATION. 2006;7(4):91-113

Investigating peri-traumatic dissociation using hypnosis during a traumatic film.

Holmes EA; Oakley DA; Stuart ADP; Brewin CR
Article: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2006;44(4):611-619

The influence of a visuospatial grounding task on intrusive images of a traumatic film.

Stuart ADP; Holmes EA; Brewin CR
Article: EMOTION. 2005;5(4):489-497

Mental imagery and emotion: a special relationship?

Holmes EA; Mathews A
Article: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2005;12(4):313-325

The simulation heuristic and visual imagery in pessimism for future negative events in anxiety

Raune D; MacLeod A; Holmes EA
Article: BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2005;33(2):139-152

Trauma-related intrusions and psychosis: An information processing account

Steel C; Fowler D; Holmes EA
Article: MEMORY. 2004;12(4):416-427

Occurrence of imagery and its link with early memories in agoraphobia.

Day SJ; Holmes EA; Hackmann A
Article: MEMORY. 2004;12(4):389-402

Reflecting on imagery: a clinical perspective and overview of the special issue of memory on mental imagery and memory in psychopathology.

Hackmann A; Holmes EA
Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL. 2004;133(1):3-22

Trauma films, information processing, and intrusive memory development.

Holmes EA; Brewin CR; Hennessy RG
Article: JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE. 2004;192(1):28-34

Schizotypy: a vulnerability factor for traumatic intrusions.

Holmes EA; Steel C
Article: BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY. 2002;30(1):37-56

COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING WITHIN RELIVING: A TREATMENT FOR PERITRAUMATIC EMOTIONAL "HOTSPOTS'' IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Grey N; Young K; Holmes E
Article: JOURNAL OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT & BLINDNESS. 1998;92(7):531-534

Wall versus path tactile maps for route planning in buildings

Holmes E; Arditi A
Article: PERCEPTION. 1998;27(8):993-1008

Haptic perception of texture gradients.

Holmes E; Hughes B; Jansson G
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Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2022;9(7):e33

Digital psychological first aid for Ukraine.

Frankova I; Vermetten E; Shalev AY; Sijbrandij M; Holmes EA; Ursano R; Schmidt U; Zohar J
Corrigendum: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2021;5(11):e34897

Correction: Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland.

Thorarinsdottir K; Holmes EA; Hardarson J; Hedinsdottir U; Kanstrup M; Singh L; Hauksdottir A; Halldorsdottir T; Gudmundsdottir B; Valdimarsdottir U; Thordardottir EB; Gamble B; Bjornsson A
Editorial comment: LANCET. 2021;398(10312):1665-1666

Depression and anxiety disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: knowns and unknowns.

Taquet M; Holmes EA; Harrison PJ
Review: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):453

Consolidation/reconsolidation therapies for the prevention and treatment of PTSD and re-experiencing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Astill Wright L; Horstmann L; Holmes EA; Bisson JI
Review: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2021;8(9):836-852

Harnessing emotional mental imagery to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: an integrative review of progress and promise.

Pile V; Williamson G; Saunders A; Holmes EA; Lau JYF
Letter: LANCET. 2021;398(10295):120

Benzodiazepines for the long-term treatment of anxiety disorders? - Authors' reply.

Penninx BWJH; Pine DS; Holmes EA; Reif A
Review: LANCET. 2021;397(10277):914-927

Anxiety disorders.

Penninx BW; Pine DS; Holmes EA; Reif A
Corrigendum: LANCET. 2021;397(10277):880

Anxiety disorders (vol 397, pg 914, 2021)

Penninx BWJH; Pine DS; Holmes EA; Reif A
Editorial comment: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2020;217(4):540-542

The scope of mental health research during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

Hotopf M; Bullmore E; O'Connor RC; Holmes EA
Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2020;7(7):e44-e45

Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic - Authors' reply.

O'Connor RC; Hotopf M; Worthman CM; Perry VH; Tracey I; Wessely S; Arseneault L; Ballard C; Christensen H; Silver RC; Ford T; John A; Kabir T; King K; Simpson A; Madan I; Cowan K; Bullmore E; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2020;216(4):196

100 words on mental imagery

Holmes E; Agren T
Corrigendum: EMOTION. 2019;19(6):1092

"Changing interpretations of emotional expressions in working memory with aging": Correction to Mok et al. (2018).
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2019;69:67-82

Intrusive memories of trauma: A target for research bridging cognitive science and its clinical application.

Iyadurai L; Visser RM; Lau-Zhu A; Porcheret K; Horsch A; Holmes EA; James EL
Review: CNS SPECTRUMS. 2019;24(1):114-126

Mental imagery in psychiatry: conceptual & clinical implications.

Ji JL; Kavanagh DJ; Holmes EA; MacLeod C; Di Simplicio M
Review: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2018;5(12):1032-1042

Memory boundaries: opening a window inspired by reconsolidation to treat anxiety, trauma-related, and addiction disorders.

Monfils MH; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2018;373(1742):20170022

Of mice and mental health: facilitating dialogue and seeing further.

Milton AL; Holmes EA
Review: MHEALTH. 2018;4:47

Innovations in digital interventions for psychological trauma: harnessing advances in cognitive science.

Andersson E; Holmes EA; Kavanagh D
Review: CURRENT BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS. 2018;5(1):61-71

Intrusive Memories of Trauma in the Laboratory: Methodological Developments and Future Directions.

Lau-Zhu A; Holmes EA; Porcheret K
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2017;47(12):3833

Erratum to: Anxious Imagery in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation into Occurrence, Content, Features and Implications for Therapy.

Ozsivadjian A; Hollocks MJ; Southcott J; Absoud M; Holmes E
Review: JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 2017;46(2):261-276

Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review.

Schäfer JÖ; Naumann E; Holmes EA; Tuschen-Caffier B; Samson AC
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2016;47:106-142

The trauma film paradigm as an experimental psychopathology model of psychological trauma: intrusive memories and beyond.

James EL; Lau-Zhu A; Clark IA; Visser RM; Hagenaars MA; Holmes EA
Letter: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2016;46(8):1787-1789

A reply - acknowledged reasonable limitations in a secondary analysis but key conclusions remain in 'The neural basis of flashback formation: the impact of viewing trauma'

Clark IA; MacKay CE; Holmes EA; Bourne C
Review: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;30(6):495-553

Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.

Goodwin GM; Haddad PM; Ferrier IN; Aronson JK; Barnes T; Cipriani A; Coghill DR; Fazel S; Geddes JR; Grunze H; Holmes EA; Howes O; Hudson S; Hunt N; Jones I; Macmillan IC; McAllister-Williams H; Miklowitz DR; Morriss R; Munafò M; Paton C; Saharkian BJ; Saunders K; Sinclair J; Taylor D; Vieta E; Young AH
Review: ANNUAL REVIEW OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2016;12:249-280

Mental Imagery in Depression: Phenomenology, Potential Mechanisms, and Treatment Implications.

Holmes EA; Blackwell SE; Burnett Heyes S; Renner F; Raes F
Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;62(2):110-113

Mental imagery and bipolar disorders: Introducing scope for psychological treatment development?

Ng RMK; Di Simplicio M; Holmes EA
Review: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES. 2015;19(10):590-602

Mental Imagery: Functional Mechanisms and Clinical Applications.

Pearson J; Naselaris T; Holmes EA; Kosslyn SM
Editorial comment: NATURE. 2015;519(7543):289

THEATRE Performing rituals

Holmes EA
Editorial comment: NATURE. 2014;511(7509):287-289

Psychological treatments: A call for mental-health science.

Holmes EA; Craske MG; Graybiel AM
Editorial comment: COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2014;38(2):239-247

Travellers' Tales in Cognitive Bias Modification Research: A Commentary on the Special Issue

Fox E; Mackintosh B; Holmes EA
Review: DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 2013;5:119-133

Mental imagery, emotion and psychopathology across child and adolescent development.

Burnett Heyes S; Lau JYF; Holmes EA
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2013;33(1):1-23

Assessing mental imagery in clinical psychology: a review of imagery measures and a guiding framework.

Pearson DG; Deeprose C; Wallace-Hadrill SMA; Burnett Heyes S; Holmes EA
Review: CURRENT TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCES. 2013;14:243-260

The use of cognitive bias modification and imagery in the understanding and treatment of depression.

Browning M; Blackwell SE; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY. 2013;42(4):259

Special issue in honour of Lars-Göran Öst.

Andersson G; Carlbring P; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2012;169(12):1245-1246

Revealing the mind's eye: bringing (mental) images into psychiatry.

Di Simplicio M; McInerney JE; Goodwin GM; Attenburrow M-J; Holmes EA
Corrigendum: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2012;279(1742):3632

Nonlinear time-series approaches in characterizing mood stability and mood instability in bipolar disorder (vol 279, pg 916, 2012)

Bonsall MB; Wallace-Hadrill SMA; Geddes JR; Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Review: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2012;14(2):185-197

Facilitated Integrated Mood Management for adults with bipolar disorder.

Miklowitz DJ; Price J; Holmes EA; Rendell J; Bell S; Budge K; Christensen J; Wallace J; Simon J; Armstrong NM; McPeake L; Goodwin GM; Geddes JR
Editorial comment: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2012;169(2):118-120

Cognitive bias modification: an intervention approach worth attending to.

Macleod C; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE THERAPY. 2011;4(2):197-207

Intrusive Imagery in Psychopathology: A Commentary

Moulds ML; Holmes EA
Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2010;197(5):414-415

Erasing trauma memories.

Holmes EA; Sandberg A; Iyadurai L
Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20(2):131-132

Rethinking 'mental health stigma'.

West K; Hewstone M; Holmes EA
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2010;30(3):349-362

Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders.

Holmes EA; Mathews A
Review: APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 2009;23(8):1076-1088

Intrusive Trauma Memory: A Review and Functional Analysis

Krans J; Naring G; Becker ES; Holmes EA
Editorial comment: REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRIA Y SALUD MENTAL. 2009;2(2):95-98

Bipolar anxiety.

Goodwin GM; Holmes EA
Review: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2008;46(12):1251-1258

Mental imagery as an emotional amplifier: application to bipolar disorder.

Holmes EA; Geddes JR; Colom F; Goodwin GM
Review: ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA. 2008;127(3):553-566

Inducing and modulating intrusive emotional memories: a review of the trauma film paradigm.

Holmes EA; Bourne C
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2008;39(2):101

Special issue: Imagery rescripting in cognitive behaviour therapy: Images, treatment techniques and outcomes (vol 39, pg 101, 2008)

Holmes EA; Arntz A
Letter: SCIENCE. 2007;318(5857):1722

Memory suppression in PTSD treatment?

Holmes EA; Moulds ML; Kavanagh D
Published conference paper: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2006;37(3):237-247

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

Holmes EA; Mathews A; Dalgleish T; Mackintosh B
Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY. 2005;36(1):3-17

Intrusive images and "hotspots" of trauma memories in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: an exploratory investigation of emotions and cognitive themes.

Holmes EA; Grey N; Young KAD
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2005;25(1):1-23

Are there two qualitatively distinct forms of dissociation? A review and some clinical implications.

Holmes EA; Brown RJ; Mansell W; Fearon RP; Hunter ECM; Frasquilho F; Oakley DA
Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2003;23(3):339-376

Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Brewin CR; Holmes EA
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