Discrete response patterns in the upper range of hypnotic suggestibility: A latent profile analysis

Terhune, Devin Blair

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2015.01.018

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“…Despite their many strengths, the most widely used measures of hypnotic suggestibility are outdated (Bowers, 1993;Shor & Orne, 1962;Weitzenhoffer & Hilgard, 1962) and have a number of significant limitations pertaining to the mode of measurement and suggestion content (Bowers et al, 1988;Sadler & Woody, 2004;Terhune, 2015;Terhune & Cohen Kadosh, 2012;Woody & Barnier, 2008). These measurement properties may reduce the precision of estimates of hypnotic suggestibility and will be especially problematic in studies where responsiveness to individual suggestions is measured (Bryant, Hung, Guastella, & Mitchell, 2012;Dienes & Hutton, 2013), and thus plausibly contribute to the difficulties in identifying reliable correlates of hypnotic suggestibility.…”

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Hypnosis and top-down regulation of consciousness

Terhune

Cleeremans

Raz

et al. 2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Hypnosis is a unique form of top-down regulation in which verbal suggestions are capable of eliciting pronounced changes in a multitude of psychological phenomena. Hypnotic suggestion has been widely used both as a technique for studying basic science questions regarding human consciousness but also as a method for targeting a range of symptoms within a therapeutic context. Here we provide a synthesis of current knowledge regarding the characteristics and neurocognitive mechanisms of hypnosis. We review evidence from cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychopathology, and clinical psychology regarding the utility of hypnosis as an experimental method for modulating consciousness, as a model for studying healthy and pathological cognition, and as a therapeutic vehicle. We also highlight the relationships between hypnosis and other psychological phenomena, including the broader domain of suggestion and suggestibility and conclude by identifying the most salient challenges confronting the nascent cognitive neuroscience of hypnosis and outlining future directions for research on hypnosis and suggestion.

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Hypnosis and top-down regulation of consciousness

Terhune

Cleeremans

Raz

et al. 2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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165

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“…Both the tendency for dissociative experiences (Terhune, Cardeña, & Lindgren, 2011b) and gender (e.g. Dienes et al, 2009) have been shown to modify this relationship (see also Terhune, 2015). Future research would do well to explore these and other individual differences that can be theoretically linked to hypnotic suggestibility.…”

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“…Frontal Executive Functions in Hypnosis and Hypnotic Suggestibility 29 Terhune et al 2011;Terhune, 2015) or to methodological differences (e.g. the use of only female participants and small number of highs in Huber et al).…”

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The role of frontal executive functions in hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility.

Parris

2017

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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There is both theoretical and empirical evidence supporting a role for frontal executive functions (FEFs) in hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility. However, the precise nature of this involvement is debated. While there is clear evidence that FEFs are impaired under hypnosis, the cause of this decreased function is unclear. Theories make differing predictions as to the role of FEFs in hypnotic suggestibility, with some arguing that decreased baseline (normal function outside of the hypnotic context) FEFs lead to greater hypnotic suggestibility and others arguing that increased baseline FEFs lead to greater hypnotic suggestibility. Other theories posit that suggestibility is more a consequence of attitude rather than aptitude. The present work provides a critical review of the involvement of FEFs in hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility. The review considers behavioral evidence from studies employing putative frontal lobe tasks including tests of fluid intelligence and both task- and nontask-based neuroimaging evidence. It is determined that the evidence to date is inconclusive and that more work is needed to establish a necessary and sufficient role for FEFs in hypnosis or hypnotic suggestibility. Recommendations are made for future research.

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“…An earlier study by Brenneman & Kihlstrom (1986), employing cluster analysis, found evidence for 12 such profiles. A new study by Terhune (2015), employing latent profile analysis, found evidence for three such patterns among highly hypnotizable subjects, and a fourth comprising subjects of medium hypnotizability. Some differences between the two studies are described.…”

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Patterns of hypnotic response, revisited

Kihlstrom

2015

Consciousness and Cognition

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It has long been speculated that there are discrete patterns of responsiveness to hypnotic suggestions, perhaps paralleling the factor structure of hypnotizability. An earlier study by Brenneman & Kihlstrom (1986), employing cluster analysis, found evidence for 12 such profiles. A new study by Terhune (2015), employing latent profile analysis, found evidence for three such patterns among highly hypnotizable subjects, and a fourth comprising subjects of medium hypnotizability. Some differences between the two studies are described. Convincing identification of discrete “types” of high hypnotizability, such as dissociative and nondissociative, may require a larger dataset than is currently available, but also data pertaining directly to divisions in conscious awareness and experienced involuntariness.

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Discrete response patterns in the upper range of hypnotic suggestibility: A latent profile analysis

Cited by 42 publications

References 37 publications

Hypnosis and top-down regulation of consciousness

Hypnosis and top-down regulation of consciousness

The role of frontal executive functions in hypnosis and hypnotic suggestibility.

Patterns of hypnotic response, revisited

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