Hypnotically Induced Facsimile of Pain

Psychogenic pain: a study using multidimensional scaling

“…We have identified three previous experiments that attempted to induce a sensation of pain using hypnosis (Barber and Hahn, 1964;Dudley, Holmes, Martin and Ripley, 1966;Hilgard, Morgan, Lange, Lenox, Macdonald, Marshall and Sachs 1974). The primary goal of these experiments was to correlate physiological changes with the pain sensation.…”

“…However, these previous studies are limited in their analysis of the subjective experiences of pain. Only Dudley reports subjective data but this is restricted to statements such as 'I was fighting the head pain and was angry with you' (Dudley et al, 1966).…”