Alterations in electrodermal activity and cardiac parasympathetic tone during hypnosis

Kekecs, Zoltán; Székely, Anna; Varga, Katalin

doi:10.1111/psyp.12570

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“…For example, in a highly cited paper (1566 citations, Google Scholar, 03/03/2020), Levenson, Ekman & Friesen (1990) report voluntary changes in skin conductance relating to changes in facial expression. Furthermore, imaginative suggestion has been repeatedly demonstrated over more than half a century to affect electrodermal activity (e.g., Barber & Coules, 1959;Kekecs;Szekely & Varga, 2016). Note also that imaginative suggestion can drive changes in fMRI measures and histamine reactivity (see Lush et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 98%

Demand Characteristics Confound the Rubber Hand Illusion

Lush

2020

Collabra: Psychology

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Reports of experiences of ownership over a fake hand following simple multisensory stimulation (the 'rubber hand illusion') have generated an expansive literature. Because such reports might reflect suggestion effects, demand characteristics are routinely controlled for by contrasting agreement ratings for 'illusion' and 'control' conditions. However, these methods have never been validated, and recent evidence that response to imaginative suggestion ('phenomenological control') predicts illusion report prompts reconsideration of their efficacy. A crucial assumption of the standard approach is that demand characteristics are matched across conditions. Here, a quasi-experiment design was employed to test demand characteristics in rubber hand illusion reports. Participants were provided with information about the rubber hand illusion procedure (text description and video demonstration) and recorded expectancies for standard 'illusion' and 'control' statements. Expectancies for 'control' and 'illusion' statements in synchronous and asynchronous conditions were found to differ similarly to published illusion reports. Therefore, rubber hand illusion control methods which have been in use for 22 years are not fit for purpose. Because demand characteristics have not been controlled in illusion report in existing studies, the illusion may be, partially or entirely, a suggestion effect. Methods to develop robust controls are proposed. That confounding demand characteristics have been overlooked for decades may be attributable to a lack of awareness that demand characteristics can drive experience in psychological science.

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confidence: 98%

Demand Characteristics Confound the Rubber Hand Illusion

Lush

2020

Collabra: Psychology

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“…Furthermore, Biofeedback Nexus 10 was a precise and useful tool for monitoring heart rate and skin conductance, physiological parameters which, together with other measurements of monitorable autonomic parameters, can be considered stress indicators in situations that generate anxiety [8, 14], as was the case at the point of administering anesthesia in this research.…”

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“…It is one of the options being used in dentistry as a method to help the anxious subject relax [14] and could be used to improve the level of patient cooperation by increasing confidence itself [12]. Recently, dentistry is one of the medical fields more accepting of hypnosis, as it has been very effective in controlling “toothache”; furthermore it is being used in oral surgery as a complement to anesthesia, with its main tools being suggestion and speech [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of Hypnosis in Combination with Conventional Techniques of Behavior Management in Anxiety/Pain Reduction during Dental Anesthetic Infiltration

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Girón

Cappello

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Pain Research and Management

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Background and Objective. Anxiety/pain are experiences that make dental treatment difficult for children, especially during the time of anesthesia. Hypnosis is used in pediatric clinical situations to modify thinking, behavior, and perception as well as, recently, in dentistry; therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of hypnosis combined with conventional behavior management techniques during infiltration anesthetic. Methods. Anxiety/pain were assessed with the FLACC scale during the anesthetic moment, as well as heart rate variability and skin conductance before and during the anesthetic moment, between the control and experimental group. Results. A marginal statistical difference (p = 0.05) was found in the heart rate between baseline and anesthetic moment, being lower in the hypnosis group. No statistically significant differences were found with the FLACC scale or in the skin conductance (p > 0.05). Conclusion. Hypnosis combined with conventional behavior management techniques decreases heart rate during anesthetic infiltration showing that there may be an improvement in anxiety/pain control through hypnotic therapy.

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“…The musical segments used in this study have been extensively evaluated and widely used to elicit emotions in laboratory studies (Kasos, Zimonyi, et al, 2018;Khalfa, Isabelle, Jean-Pierre, & Manon, 2002;Peretz, Gagnon, & Bouchard, 1998;Vieillard et al, 2008). Neutral tones of differing length, pitch, and intensity are also commonly used to study skin conductance orientation responses (Kasos, Zimonyi, et al, 2018;Kekecs, Szekely, & Varga, 2016;Mueller-pfeiffer et al, 2014;Weger, Meier, Robinson, & Inhoff, 2007;Zuckerman & Neary, 1976). The music used in experiment 2 (Online Appendix 2) was meticulously validated for the emotions induced and the persistence of the induced emotions (Ribeiro, Santos, Albuquerque, & Oliveira-Silva, 2019).…”

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Bilateral comparison of traditional and alternate electrodermal measurement sites

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Advances in mobile and wireless technology have expanded the scope of electrodermal research. Since traditional electrodermal measurement sites are not always suitable for laboratory research and are rarely appropriate for ambulatory measurements, there is a need to explore and contrast alternate measurement locations. We evaluated bilateral electrodermal activity (EDA) from five measurement sites (fingers, feet, wrists, shoulders, and calves). In a counterbalanced, randomized, within‐subjects design study, participants (N = 115) engaged in a 4‐min‐long breathing exercise and were exposed to emotionally laden and neutral stimuli. High within‐subject correlations were found between the EDA measured from fingers bilaterally (r = .89), between the left fingers and both feet (r = .72). Moderate correlations were found between EDA measured from the left fingers and wrists (r = .30 and r = .33), low correlations between the left fingers and the shoulders (r = −.03 and r = −.06) or calves (r = .05 and r = .14). Response latency was the shortest on the fingers while it was the longest on the lower body. Short response windows would miss some of the responses from the palmar surfaces and a substantial number from other evaluated locations. The fingers and the feet are the most reliable locations to measure from, followed by the wrists. We suggest setting site‐specific response windows for different measurement locations. An investigation of repeatability showed that within‐subject correlations, response frequencies, response amplitudes show a similar pattern from the first measurement time to a later one.

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Alterations in electrodermal activity and cardiac parasympathetic tone during hypnosis

Cited by 39 publications

References 102 publications

Demand Characteristics Confound the Rubber Hand Illusion

Demand Characteristics Confound the Rubber Hand Illusion

Effectiveness of Hypnosis in Combination with Conventional Techniques of Behavior Management in Anxiety/Pain Reduction during Dental Anesthetic Infiltration

Bilateral comparison of traditional and alternate electrodermal measurement sites

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