Fig. 1: Study design.
From: Sleep’s role in updating aversive autobiographical memories
The study design included a telephone screening interview and three subsequent appointments at the sleep laboratory (T0, T1, and T2). At T0 the target memory for the imagery rescripting and a neutral memory were evaluated and all information necessary for the script preparation was acquired. Participants of the nap group also took an adaptation nap at T0. The second session (T1) included the script-driven imagery procedure (pre) followed by the imagery rescripting intervention while HR was continuously measured. Afterward, participants either took a nap (nap group) or watched an emotionally neutral movie (Kingdom of the Blue Whale, National Geographic; 2009) for a duration of 90 min (wake group). Another script-driven imagery assessment took place right after the nap/wake condition (post 1) and was repeated after seven days at T2 (post 2).
