Neurophysiol. 2001 Jul;86(1):402-11.
Cortical representation of the sensory dimension of pain.
Hofbauer RK, Rainville P, Duncan GH, Bushnell MC.
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
Abstract
It is well accepted that pain is a multidimensional experience, but little is known of how the brain represents these dimensions. We used positron emission tomography [...]
Pain. 1999 Aug;82(2):159-71.
Dissociation of sensory and affective dimensions of pain using hypnotic modulation.
Rainville P, Carrier B, Hofbauer RK, Bushnell MC, Duncan GH.
Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Abstract
Understanding the complex nature of pain perception requires the ability to separately analyze its psychological dimensions and their interaction, and relate them to specific variables and [...]
In this study three groups of hypertensive patients were tested.
Six patients, who were taught progressive relaxation and hypnosis in eight to nine sessions over four to five days, had average blood pressure reductions of 17 mmHg systolic/19 mmHg diastolic during their experimental sessions.
Nine patients taking hypotensive medication, who were taught progressive relaxation and hypnosis in [...]
This study was published in the International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis in 1977
29 young adult volunteers were assigned to one of 3 treatment conditions and treated for their cigarette smoking over a 2-wk period. These conditions were group rapid smoking, group hypnosis, and an attention-placebo control group. All treatments produced significant reductions in [...]
Modulation of gastric acid secretion by hypnosis. Gastroenterology 1989;96(6):1383-7 – Klein KB. , Spiegel D.
The ability of hypnosis to both stimulate and inhibit gastric acid secretion in highly hypnotizable healthy volunteers was examined in two studies. In the first, after basal acid secretion was measured, subjects were hypnotized and instructed to imagine all aspects of [...]
Treatment of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy
A single-blind time controlled study. Headache 1991;31(10):686-9
We investigated the effectiveness of a special hypnotherapy technique in the treatment of chronic tension-type headache. A waitinglist control group was used to control for the changes in headache activity due to the passage of time. The results showed significant reductions in the [...]
Publication: “How deeply hypnotized did i get?” Predicting self-reported hypnotic depth from a phenomenological assessment instrument
Procedures for estimating hypnotic depth have been used for more than 70 years. This study predicted self-reported hypnotic depth from the phenomenological and behavioral variables of the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory-Hypnotic Assessment Procedure (PCI-HAP).
Participants were divided into 2 groups; 1 [...]
Monitoring real-time brain scan (fMRI) feedback of their own brains, volunteers were able to control their own pain levels, after three 13 minute sessions.
This biofeedback technique may replicate self-hypnosis. The area that they monitored of their brains was the rostral anterior cingulate cortex, which is known to modulate both the intensity and emotional impact of [...]
Scientists are confirming hypnosis makes people literally see what they believe by affecting the way their brains function. Volunteers who had their brains scanned while under hypnosis showed they were not merely doing what they were told. The scans revealed that when they were asked to see non-existent colors, they really saw them.
In the tests [...]
Christina Lossi, a psychologist at the University of Wales, Swansea UK, conducted a study of 80 cancer patients aged 6 to 16.
Those under hypnosis experienced far less pain during treatments than control children, who simply talked to the researchers normally.
Source: Gosline, A. (2004). New Scientist, September 10th 2004.
Keywords: Controlled Experiments, Uses of Hypnosis, Evidence, Hypnosis [...]