“…Owing to its role in monitoring and cognitive control (Fleming, Ryu, Golfinos, & Blackmon, 2014;Miller & Cohen, 2001), multiple theories of hypnosis have hypothesized a role for atypical prefrontal functioning in high hypnotic suggestibility (Dienes & Hutton, 2013;Gruzelier, 2006;Woody & Bowers, 1994). Multiple well-powered behavioural studies have suggested that highly suggestible individuals exhibit impaired performance on cognitive tasks known to depend on prefrontal cortex, such as selective attention and working memory (Farvolden & Woody, 2004;Jamieson & Sheehan, 2004;Khodaverdi-Khani & Laurence, 2016;Terhune et al, 2011c).…”