Trial reportPloS one2013
Oxytocin enhances social persuasion during hypnosis.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- KETAMINE AS A POSSIBLE MODERATOR OF HYPNOTIZABILITY: A FEASIBILITY STUDY.The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosisTrial
- Clinical neuroscience and neurobiology of placebo and nocebo effects.International review of neurobiology · 2025Review
- Intimate relationships and hypnosis: insecure adult attachment affects emotions and absorption during hypnosis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Oxytocin and social cognition in affective and psychotic disorders.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2015Review
- Hypnosis-based psychodynamic treatment in ALS: a longitudinal study on patients and their caregivers.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
It has long been argued that hypnosis cannot promote behaviors that people will not otherwise engage in. Oxytocin can enhance trust in others, and may promote the extent to which a hypnotized person complies with the suggestion of a hypnotist. This double-blind placebo study administered oxytocin or placebo to high hypnotizable participants (N = 28), who were then administered hypnotic suggestions for socially unorthodox behaviors, including swearing during the experiment, singing out loud, and dancing in response to a posthypnotic cue. Participants who received oxytocin were significantly more likely to swear and dance than those who received the placebo. This finding may be interpreted in terms of oxytocin increasing social compliance in response as a function of (a) increased trust in the hypnotist, (b) reduced social anxiety, or (c) enhanced sensitivity to cues to respond to experimental expectations. These results point to the potential role of oxytocin in social persuasion.
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