Study identifies brain areas altered during hypnotic trances

Distinct sections of the brain have altered activity and connectivity while someone is hypnotized

Your eyelids are getting heavy, your arms are going limp and you feel like you’re floating through space. The power of hypnosis to alter your mind and body like this is all thanks to changes in a few specific areas of the brain, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered.

The scientists scanned the brains of 57 people during guided hypnosis sessions similar to those that might be used clinically to treat anxiety, pain or trauma. Distinct sections of the brain have altered activity and connectivity while someone is hypnotized, they report in a study that will be published online July 28 in Cerebral Cortex.

For some people, hypnosis is associated with loss of control or stage tricks. But doctors like Spiegel know it to be a serious science, revealing the brain’s ability to heal medical and psychiatric conditions.

 

Prosegui nella lettura dell'articolo - Tratto da Psypost

 

---

Scrivi articoli di psicologia e psicoterapia e ti piacerebbe vederli pubblicati su Psiconline?
per sapere come fare, Clicca qui subito!

---