TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurobiology of hypnosis and its contribution to the understanding of cognition and consciousness
AU - Canales-Johnson, Andrés
AU - Lanfranco, Renzo
AU - Vargas, Esteban
AU - Ibáñez, Agustín
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The growing interest for the scientific study of consciousness and the current development of neuroimaging tools have allowed to investigate the neuronal correlates of hypnosis and to expand its scope to assess normal and pathological neurocognitive phenomena. At an empirical level, theories that postulate hypnosis as a neurophysiological distinctive state of consciousness ('state theories'), and theories that claim that hypnosis would just represent different neurophysiological changes associated to specific suggestions without no change in the state of consciousness ('non-state theorte theories'), and theories that claim that hypnosis would just represent different neurophysiological changes associated to specific suggestions without no change in the state of consciousness ('non-state theora'); hypnotic state of consciousness involves mainly the anterior cingulated cortex and the dorsolateral frontal cortex; as well as a pattern of attenuated cortical functional connectivity. Also, we concluded that hypnotic suggestions have allowed a better comprehension of a diversity of normal and pathological neuropsychological processes. Finally, we stated that the neurophysiologic evidence until now is still insufficient to solve the debate between state and non-state theorists.
AB - The growing interest for the scientific study of consciousness and the current development of neuroimaging tools have allowed to investigate the neuronal correlates of hypnosis and to expand its scope to assess normal and pathological neurocognitive phenomena. At an empirical level, theories that postulate hypnosis as a neurophysiological distinctive state of consciousness ('state theories'), and theories that claim that hypnosis would just represent different neurophysiological changes associated to specific suggestions without no change in the state of consciousness ('non-state theorte theories'), and theories that claim that hypnosis would just represent different neurophysiological changes associated to specific suggestions without no change in the state of consciousness ('non-state theora'); hypnotic state of consciousness involves mainly the anterior cingulated cortex and the dorsolateral frontal cortex; as well as a pattern of attenuated cortical functional connectivity. Also, we concluded that hypnotic suggestions have allowed a better comprehension of a diversity of normal and pathological neuropsychological processes. Finally, we stated that the neurophysiologic evidence until now is still insufficient to solve the debate between state and non-state theorists.
KW - Cerebral correlates of consciousness
KW - Hypnosis
KW - States of consciousness
KW - Suggestion
KW - Theories of state and non-state
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84866245438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.6018/analesps.28.3.124931
DO - 10.6018/analesps.28.3.124931
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866245438
SN - 0212-9728
VL - 28
SP - 1003
EP - 1010
JO - Anales de Psicologia
JF - Anales de Psicologia
IS - 3
ER -