ReviewExperimental brain research2022
Autosuggestion: a cognitive process that empowers your brain?
Review in Experimental brain research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Effects of an Online Yoga Nidra Meditation on Subjective Well-Being and Diurnal Salivary Cortisol: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Trial
- Unlocking the Power of Sankalpa in Yoga Nidra Practice: Cognitive Restructuring Processes and Suggestions for Athletes' Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Network Structure of Interpersonal Sensitivity in Patients With Mood Disorders: A Network Analysis.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Does Body Memory Exist? A Review of Models, Approaches and Recent Findings Useful for Neurorehabilitation.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- How the inner repetition of a desired perception changes actual tactile perception.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Is Hypnotic Induction Necessary to Experience Hypnosis and Responsible for Changes in Brain Activity?Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Clinical Manifestations of Body Memories: The Impact of Past Bodily Experiences on Mental Health.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Autosuggestion is a cognitive process that is believed to enable control over one's own cognitive and physiological states. Despite its potential importance for basic science and clinical applications, such as in rehabilitation, stress reduction, or pain therapy, the neurocognitive mechanisms and psychological concepts that underlie autosuggestion are poorly defined. Here, by reviewing empirical data on autosuggestion and related phenomena such as mental imagery, mental simulation, and suggestion, we offer a neurocognitive concept of autosuggestion. We argue that autosuggestion is characterized by three major factors: reinstantiation, reiteration, and volitional, active control over one's own physiological states. We also propose that autosuggestion might involve the 'overwriting' of existing predictions or brain states that expect the most common (but not desired) outcome. We discuss potential experimental paradigms that could be used to study autosuggestion in the future, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of current evidence. This review provides a first overview on how to define, experimentally induce, and study autosuggestion, which may facilitate its use in basic science and clinical practice.
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