“…However, there is no consistent, robust evidence that highly suggestible individuals have superior cognitive control; rather, some data suggest that they may actually exhibit impaired control (or broader executive functioning) at baseline or following an induction (Egner & Raz, 2007), although these results have not always been reliable (see also Terhune et al in press Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 27 §7.5). Indirect, but complementary, evidence for a role of cognitive control in hypnosis comes from developmental research on hypnotic suggestibility, which peaks in preadolescence (around 8-12 years of age), declines in adolescence, and plateaus in adulthood (London, 1965;Morgan & Hilgard, 1978-79;Rhue, 2004); this trend fits well with maturation of prefrontal cortex (Demacheva, Aubert-Bonn, Lucero, Ladouceur, & Raz, 2012), although there are competing explanations for this developmental trajectory (Rhue, 2004). Nevertheless, prefrontal cortex supports a diverse array of psychological functions and thus further hypothesis-driven developmental research on hypnotic suggestibility is required to clarify whether and how such trends relate to broader cognitive development.…”