22/04/2025
German researchers have done several studies where participants were put inside an fMRI machine and rather than actually tapping on the acupoints, they imagined tapping. They did this while looking at images on a headset that created certain negative feelings. When they imagined tapping on those feelings, their ratings out of 10 still decreased, and their brain images reflected changes as though they were actually tapping.
What this means is that you can imagine tapping at times when it is inconvenient and still achieve the outcomes. An example would be when you are lying in bed at night, wide awake. You may not want to physically tap as it might stimulate you to wake up (or a bed partner next to you might wake up!). You could imagine tapping instead while you repeat the reminder phrases in your mind, and it will still work.
The German studies are here on this page https://www.evidencebasedeft.com/fMRI-and-EEG
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