ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2017
Brain Activity and Functional Connectivity Associated with Hypnosis.
Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Use of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Hypnotic Analgesia
Phase III Study Evaluating a Non-drug Intervention (NDI) Program by Fixed-frequency Guided Breathing (Cardiac Coherence) Associated With Medical Hypnosis on Preoperative Anxiety in Oncological Surgery
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 233 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mood-congruent memory revisited.Psychological review · 2023Pooled it
- Medical hypnosis mitigates laboratory dyspnoea in healthy humans: a randomised, controlled experimental trial.The European respiratory journal · 2024Trial
- Mind-body (hypnotherapy) treatment of women with urgency urinary incontinence: changes in brain attentional networks.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Trial
- Acute assessment of subjective appetite and implicated hormones after a hypnosis-induced hallucinated meal: a randomized cross-over pilot trial.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2020Trial
- The Hypnotic Analgesia Suggestion Mitigated the Effect of the Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Descending Pain Modulatory System: A Proof of Concept Study.Journal of pain research · 2020Trial
- Magic or science? : Neurobiological foundations and clinical applications of medical hypnosis.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2026Article
- Accelerated recovery using magnesium ibogaine: characterizing the subjective experience of its rapid healing from neuropsychiatric disorders.Npj mental health research · 2026Article
- Levels of suggestibility are associated with distinct patterns of intrinsic functional neural connectivity.Psychoradiology · 2026Article
- Clinical hypnosis in pediatric care: An adjunctive tool or therapeutic illusion.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of app delivered self hypnosis on stress management.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Octopus 'hypnosis': inducing tonic immobility for studying local sensorimotor responses and arm-sucker coordination.Biology open · 2025Article
- A Fragmented Mind: Altered States of Consciousness and Spirit Possession Between Rituals and Therapy.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2025Article
- Heart Rate Variability, Hypnosis, and Psychotherapy.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Review
- Neuroscience-based relational art therapy and deep brain reorienting in the treatment of dissociative identity disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Comparison of the effectiveness of hypnotherapy and menstrugol capsules on the volume of menstrual bleeding: A clinical trial study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Study on resting-state functional connectivity characteristics under hypnosis using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Medical hypnosis increases 6-min walking test distance in severe COPD patients: a case-control study.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Remembering what did not happen: the role of hypnosis in memory recall and false memories formation.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- Neurochemical dynamics during two hypnotic states evidenced by magnetic resonance spectroscopy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Hypnosis has proven clinical utility, yet changes in brain activity underlying the hypnotic state have not yet been fully identified. Previous research suggests that hypnosis is associated with decreased default mode network (DMN) activity and that high hypnotizability is associated with greater functional connectivity between the executive control network (ECN) and the salience network (SN). We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate activity and functional connectivity among these three networks in hypnosis. We selected 57 of 545 healthy subjects with very high or low hypnotizability using two hypnotizability scales. All subjects underwent four conditions in the scanner: rest, memory retrieval, and two different hypnosis experiences guided by standard pre-recorded instructions in counterbalanced order. Seeds for the ECN, SN, and DMN were left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC), and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), respectively. During hypnosis there was reduced activity in the dACC, increased functional connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC;ECN) and the insula in the SN, and reduced connectivity between the ECN (DLPFC) and the DMN (PCC). These changes in neural activity underlie the focused attention, enhanced somatic and emotional control, and lack of self-consciousness that characterizes hypnosis.
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