The modern explanations for the phenomenon named “hypnosis” oscillate between the search for specificity of the neurophysiological processes (connected with the idea that hypnosis is a unique, ‘third state of consciousness’, different from wakefulness and sleep) and specificity of interaction between the persons engaged. It still remains uncertain what decides on the appearance of ‘hypnotic’ be...

This research represents the first controlled treatment study of hypnosis and cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT) of acute stress disorder (ASD). Civilian trauma survivors (N=87) who met criteria for ASD were randomly allocated to 6 sessions of CBT, CBT combined with hypnosis (CBT-hypnosis), or supportive counseling (SC). CBT comprised exposure, cognitive restructuring, and anxiety management. ...

While Spanish academic researchers have actively attempted to disengage hypnosis from its traditional links with altered states and automatism, and to promote it by linking hypnotic phenomena with other everyday psychological processes, in the legal field there seems to have been little activity. Among jurists, opinion is divided regarding the exact influence of hypnosis on conscious will, alth...

Dr. Ewin recently reported his research on two "remarkable" cases where hypnosis performed by a lay hypnotist was allegedly associated with the death of the subject. Commentary is provided about both cases. In the first case, it seems clear that the death was co-incident to the hypnosis. In the second case, Dr. Ewin speculates that hypnosis may have been related to the subject's death following...

This experimental single-case study examines hypnosis as an anxiety management and ego-strengthening technique for stuttering modification. The fluency of a 29-year-old male with a severe overt stutter was measured in controlled conditions over a baseline period, 12 hypnosis sessions and five follow-up sessions, using standardized reading material. In hypnosis the subject was taught anxiety man...

THIS short soft-backed book is written by a general practitioner who is an experienced hypnotist and a member of the British Society of Mental and Dental Hypnosis and of the International Society of Hypnosis. It is a clearly written account of the techniques required for induction of hypnosis, the clinical properties of the hypnotic state and the indications for hypnosis in dentistry, general p...

Hypnosis research has contributed much to the understanding of human behavior and experience, both normal and abnormal. This paper considers ways in which neuroscience approaches may be integrated into hypnosis research to continue and enhance that contribution, as well as further reveal the nature of hypnosis itself. The authors review the influences on and advances in hypnosis research over t...

Somatosensory event-related phase-ordered gamma oscillations (40-Hz) to electric painful standard stimuli under an odd-ball paradigm were analyzed in 13 high, 13 medium, and 12 low hypnotizable subjects during waking, hypnosis, and post-hypnosis conditions. During these conditions, subjects received a suggestion of Focused Analgesia to produce an obstructive hallucination of stimulus perception...

The frontal N100 difference wave (N100d) between cortical evoked potentials to frequent and infrequent tones was compared before and during hypnosis in subjects with high and low hypnotic susceptibility (n = 10,11). This was to test putative alterations in attention, novelty detection in particular, modulated by anterior functions including the anterior cingulate to auditory stimuli extraneous ...

Abstract Background Evidence-based treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) aim to promote fear extinction learning. Post-learning sleep, particularly slow wave sleep (SWS), promotes memory consolidation and recall. Thus, boosting SWS might strengthen The current study investigated whether sleep-directed hypnosis designed increase quality improves recall reduces analog PTSD symptoms. ...