2019
DOI: 10.4236/psych.2019.104030
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Granone’s Plastic Monoideism Demonstrated by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Abstract: Plastic monoideism is the supposed basis of hypnosis, but has never been experimentally demonstrated. The aim of the paper presented herein is to demonstrate that plastic monoideism exists and can be put in evidence by functional magnetic resonance (fMRI). To this aim, fMRI brain areas activation was examined in 20 highly hypnotizable young participants during a task represented by hypnotic analgesia. Inhibition of pain transmission from periphery to brain cortex was demonstrated during hypnotic analgesia by l… Show more

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“…Similar results were received for each patient from the second and the following sessions if a suitable classification model was used. While comparing the curve data with the phenomenological characteristics observed, in all the cases we found a coincidence of the time when the curve was, on average, consistently high enough (approximately, above 0.7), with a completely amnesic period, as well as the period of deep trance peripheral signs (Casiglia et al, 2018;Casiglia et al, 2019), presence, which indirectly indicates quite a high efficiency of measuring the hypnosis depth. However, a quantitative analysis of this approach efficacy was also needed.…”
Section: Results Of Visual (Qualitative) Testing the Proposed Methodology Online (At The Second And Subsequent Sessions)mentioning
confidence: 52%
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“…Similar results were received for each patient from the second and the following sessions if a suitable classification model was used. While comparing the curve data with the phenomenological characteristics observed, in all the cases we found a coincidence of the time when the curve was, on average, consistently high enough (approximately, above 0.7), with a completely amnesic period, as well as the period of deep trance peripheral signs (Casiglia et al, 2018;Casiglia et al, 2019), presence, which indirectly indicates quite a high efficiency of measuring the hypnosis depth. However, a quantitative analysis of this approach efficacy was also needed.…”
Section: Results Of Visual (Qualitative) Testing the Proposed Methodology Online (At The Second And Subsequent Sessions)mentioning
confidence: 52%
“…After that, the patients underwent a standard hypnotic induction by an ESH-certified psychotherapist-hypnologist with the suggestion of physical and mental relaxation, followed by the trance deepening using descending the stairs metaphor, accompanied by counting with the suggestion to mentally descend the stairs deeper with each count. After the appearance of noticeable relaxation signs, such as "hanging" of the facial muscles, lowering of the mandible, in some cases with a slight mouth opening, a decrease in the frequency of respiratory movements, and a structure of breathing change (transition to slow diaphragmatic breathing), which considered by wellknown experts in the field of experimental hypnosis to be sufficient external phenomenological criteria for verifying the deep trance period beginning (Casiglia et al, 2018;Casiglia et al, 2019), for some additional time the suggestions to deepen and maintain this trance depth were given, with periodic repeated checks of rapport keeping by finger signaling. The rapport checking was done by a suggestion: "If you can hear me, let your unconscious mind move the thumb of your right hand".…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Nevertheless, hypnosis is currently defined as a state of consciousness [ 14 ], and this study is focused solely on the hypnotic state. Hypnotic “depth” has been a contentious issue, but it is still used in contemporary research to describe the hypnotic state quantitatively [ 5 , 15 – 22 ], alongside the related concepts of “deep hypnosis” [ 6 , 18 , 19 , 23 31 ] and “deepening” [ 16 , 32 39 ]. Multiple studies indicate that sufficient depth is beneficial in some cases, e.g., in non-pharmacological analgesia [ 24 , 25 , 40 ], general hypnotic anaesthesia [ 26 , 30 , 33 ], etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%