Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates That Hypnosis Is Conscious and Voluntary

dc.contributor.authorVenneri, Annalena
dc.contributor.authorTikhonoff, Valérie
dc.contributor.authorFacco, Enrico
dc.contributor.authorLapenta, Antonio M
dc.contributor.authorAlbertini, Federica
dc.contributor.authorMitolo, Micaela
dc.contributor.authorStabile, Maria Rosaria
dc.contributor.authorGasparotti, Federica
dc.contributor.authorFinatti, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorCasiglia, Edoardo
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-23T13:55:14Z
dc.date.available2018-07-23T13:55:14Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-05
dc.description.abstractHypnosis is a condition of modified consciousness (monoideism) resulting from a mental representation able to produce psychological and physical effects. The general belief is that hypnosis is conscious and voluntary, but the practical demonstration of this hypothesis is far to be demonstrated. Twenty healthy highly hypnotizable volunteers were studied during through functional magnetic resonance imaging during a task. The task was necessary because functional magnetic resonance imaging gives no interesting results in neutral hypnosis. During the hypnotic task, the prefrontal dorso-lateral cortex, genual cortex, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, and orbital portion of the inferior frontal convolution (i.e. the Broadmann areas 9, 25, 32 and 47) were activated. Such areas are associated to egoic consciousness and voluntary processes. The results show that the hypothesis that hypnosis is conscious and voluntary is correct.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPsychology, 2018, 9, 1571-1581en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2018.97095
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1994
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishingen_US
dc.subjectHypnotic Focused Analgesiaen_US
dc.subjectBrodmann Areasen_US
dc.subjectMonoideismen_US
dc.subjectConsciousnessen_US
dc.subjectfMRIen_US
dc.titleFunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates That Hypnosis Is Conscious and Voluntaryen_US
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