Controlling intrusive images in psychopathologies: Disarming symptoms and enhancing treatment [ 2013 - 2016 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Joel Pearson (Principal investigator)

Brief description This proposal will conduct the first pre-clinical study disarming symptoms and enhancing treatment of many psychopathologies by controlling the strength of mental imagery. This study represents the first attempt to alleviate symptoms by developing a cognitive-neuroscience vaccine to control the strength of traumatic imagery and to show a causative means of enhancing imagery strength to boost the success rate of cognitive therapy involving imagery.

Funding Amount $AUD 285,085.40

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant