The neural correlates of movement intentions: A pilot study comparing hypnotic and simulated paralysis

Ludwig, Vera U.; Seitz, Jochen; Schönfeldt‐Lecuona, Carlos; Höse, Annett; Abler, Birgit; Hole, G; Goebel, Rainer; Walter, Henrik

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2015.05.010

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“…As for Hypnosis therapy, it was defined in 1993 by the psychological hypnosis division of the American Psychological Association (APA) as a procedure through which a health care professional suggests a person to experiment sensations changes, perceptions, thoughts, or behaviors (Ludwig et al, 2015;Mahler, 2015;Palsson & van Tilburg, 2015). The use of hypnosis therapy in the treatment of various psychiatric disorders, including depressive disorders, has been recognized (Schoenberger, 2000).…”

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Effectiveness of hypnosis therapy and Gestalt therapy as depression treatments

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We analyzed the effectiveness of two psychological therapies to treat depression in the Culiacan population, Mexico. According to criteria of MINI (international Neuropsychiatric interview), 30 individuals from a total of 300 were selected and diagnosed with some kind of depression. Patients were divided in three groups: 1) treatment with hypnosis therapy, 2) treatment with Gestalt-hypnosis therapy, and 3) control group. Before and after the treatments the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was applied to know the depression level of the analyzed groups. The results show that the three groups were presenting a moderated level of depression. The groups under hypnosis therapy and Gestalt-hypnosis therapy show statistical differences between pre-test and post-test. The hypnosis therapy shows significant statistic differences to treat depression with respect to the other two groups. In conclusion, the therapeutic hypnosis is an effective treatment and has relevance to treat depression, while other therapeutic treatments tend to be slow and with minor result. This study is the first of this kind carried out in Culiacan in Sinaloa, Mexico.

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“…In our view, distinguishing hypnosis from imagery is consistent with the idea that hypnosis is multifaceted, and therefore encompasses several dimensions beyond imagery. Consistent with this view, a closer look at the evidence does reveal a certain amount of overlap between mere imagery and hypnosis (56,113,(115)(116)(117). In addition, a recent meta-analytic review of neuroimaging studies revealed that hypnosis correlated most robustly with lingual gyrus activation, a brain region strongly linked with mental imagery (Landry et al, 2017) (21).…”

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Hypnosis in palliative care: from clinical insights to the science of self-regulation

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Palliative care spans a wide-ranging spectrum: from pain-management to spiritual support. As the demand for end-of-life care increases, so does the demand for innovative, effective, interventions. Mind-body techniques seem especially advantageous in a palliative context. Here we show that hypnosis serves an excellent adjunct therapy in palliative care to boost the efficacy of standard treatments. With the overarching goal of bridging clinical and scientific insights, we outline how five core principles of hypnosis can benefit the diverse needs of palliative care.

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“…For instance, based on SATH, one should expect that higher-order motor predictions would not be affected during direct verbal suggestions, but somatosensory prediction errors should be reduced due to neural adaptation, similar to negative hysteresis (Lopresti-Goodman et al, 2013;Frank, 2016). Accordingly, Ludwig et al (2015) showed that hypnotic paralysis (similar to arm rigidity), in contrast to feigned paralysis, is not associated with decreased frontopolar cortex activity. However, in all conditions, the activity of premotor, motor, and somatosensory areas was reduced.…”

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Cognitive simulation along with neural adaptation explain effects of suggestions: a novel theoretical framework

Zahedi,

Lynn,

Sommer

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Hypnosis is an effective intervention with proven efficacy that is employed in clinical settings and for investigating various cognitive processes. Despite their practical success, no consensus exists regarding the mechanisms underlying well-established hypnotic phenomena. Here, we suggest a new framework called the Simulation-Adaptation Theory of Hypnosis (SATH). SATH expands the predictive coding framework by focusing on (a) redundancy elimination in generative models using intrinsically generated prediction errors, (b) adaptation due to amplified or prolonged neural activity, and (c) using internally generated predictions as a venue for learning new associations. The core of our treatise is that simulating proprioceptive, interoceptive, and exteroceptive signals, along with the top-down attenuation of the precision of sensory prediction errors due to neural adaptation, can explain objective and subjective hypnotic phenomena. Based on these postulations, we offer mechanistic explanations for critical categories of direct verbal suggestions, including (1) direct-ideomotor, (2) challenge-ideomotor, (3) perceptual, and (4) cognitive suggestions. Notably, we argue that besides explaining objective responses, SATH accounts for the subjective effects of suggestions, i.e., the change in the sense of agency and reality. Finally, we discuss individual differences in hypnotizability and how SATH accommodates them. We believe that SATH is exhaustive and parsimonious in its scope, can explain a wide range of hypnotic phenomena without contradiction, and provides a host of testable predictions for future research.

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The neural correlates of movement intentions: A pilot study comparing hypnotic and simulated paralysis

Cited by 11 publications

References 73 publications

Effectiveness of hypnosis therapy and Gestalt therapy as depression treatments

Effectiveness of hypnosis therapy and Gestalt therapy as depression treatments

Hypnosis in palliative care: from clinical insights to the science of self-regulation

Cognitive simulation along with neural adaptation explain effects of suggestions: a novel theoretical framework

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