Electrodermal Orienting Response During Active-Alert Hypnosis: Do Verbal Suggestions Influence Automatic Attentional Processes?
Int J Clin Exp Hypn
; 70(4): 374-384, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-36191329
This study explored the influence of suggestions on differences in electrodermal laterality of the skin conductance orienting response (SCR). Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned to either permitting or excluding suggestions. During the dream task in the permitting condition the suggestion was: "You are aware of your surroundings and any distractions that might disturb your dream," while in the excluding condition the wording was: "No outside stimulus will disturb your sleep." Participants were presented with 12 standards and 2 deviant computer-generated tones during active-alert hypnosis and musical control conditions in a mixed within-between design. High hypnotizables produced higher SCRs after permissive compared to excluding suggestions during hypnosis, while low hypnotizables did the same in the control condition. Study limitations include some loss of data due to equipment failure and relative homogeneity of sample, therefore results cannot be considered definitive.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hypnosis
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Clin Exp Hypn
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hungary
Country of publication:
United kingdom