Steven Jay Lynn

PDFLY | Highlight Abstract | This article elucidates an integrative model of hypnosis that integrates social, cultural, cognitive, and neurophysiological variables at play both in and out of hypnosis and considers their dynamic interaction as determinants of the multifaceted experience of hypnosis. The roles of these variables are examined in the induction and suggestion stages of hypnosis, including how they are related to the experience of involuntariness, one of the hallmarks of hypnosis. It is suggested that studies of the modification of hypnotic suggestibility; cognitive flexibility; response sets and expectancies; the default-mode network; and the search for the neurophysiological correlates of hypnosis, more broadly, in conjunction with research on social psychological variables, hold much promise to further understanding of hypnosis | Stretching back to the time of Mesmer, hypnosis has provoked the curiosity of scientists and the lay public. After all, any intervention that produces hallucinations on command, amnesia for events and a blunting of response to ordinarily painful stimuli would call for an explanation |

Contents
1. Introduction pg. 1
2. Is Hypnosis an Altered or Special State of Consciousness? pg. 2
3. Hypnotic Induction pg. 4
4. Hypnotic Suggestions pg. 6
5. Response Sets and the Experience of Involuntariness pg. 7
6. Neurophysiology and Hypnosis: Mental Flexibility and the Default Network pg. 8
7. References pg. 12

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RT - Disassociative
BT - Psychology
NT - Therapuetic Model
UF - This journal article is about an integrative model of hypnosis that explores the social, cultural, cognitive, and neurophysiological variables at play in hypnosis and their interaction as determinants of the experience of hypnosis. Hypnosis is a subject of study in the field of neuroscience and psychology, with research focusing on brain activity, cortical event-related potentials, and functional connectivity. ​ Hypnotizability, or the ability to be hypnotized, varies among individuals and can be measured using various scales and tests. ​ Hypnosis can affect attention and perception, as demonstrated by studies on the Stroop task and pain perception. ​ Hypnotic suggestions can lead to changes in brain activity, including decreased anterior default mode activity. ​ There are different theories and models of hypnosis, including sociocognitive theories and dissociation theories.
SN - PDF download from the Routledge Taylor & Francis Group American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis website. (This entry does not reference a hierarchical list)… (altro)

There would have to be something really wrong with this book for me not to like it - it debunks a lot more than just 50 myths of psychomythology (I love that phrase the authors used...adding it to the toolbox.) From only using 10% of our brains to out of body experiences to hypnosis to shock therapy being dangerous, these guys cover a lot of urban myths, commonly held beliefs, commonly told stories...and they back up their treatments.

I, being a psycho-anything skeptic, already looked into pretty much most of the myths, though #4, Visual Perceptions Are Accompanied by Tiny Emissions from the Eyes, was a new one. I disagree in part with #16, If You're Unsure of Your Answer When Taking a Test, It's Best to Stick with Your Initial Hunch. I think that unless you are not sure about any answer and have more confidence that your initial hunch is wrong, stick with it, but someday I'll read the references to see if I need to recalibrate my thinking.

The very good thing about this book that sets it apart from the last book I read (O'Reilly's fictional collaboration about a major religious figure)is that all the cites are there for the picking. If you don't buy into the debunking, or do and want to read more, the authors tell you where to find the studies/sources that they used to refute the myths.

Keeping this one handy in case I run into someone who think dreams actually have symbolic meaning or someone who thinks that holding anger in is bad.

Recommended.… (altro)

Points of Interest:

Freud (1900/1953) identified two distinct modes of mental functioning: (1) primary process functioning, (2) secondary process functioning.

Various states of consciousness can be described as existing on a continuum from primary to secondary process as one moves from fantasy to reality; from nocturnal dreams to full wakefulness; and from unfocused free-floating attention to focused attention.

Primary process functioning, typical of early childhood thinking. The main format of primary process thinking is preverbal – imagery that is highly mobile, fluid, and undifferentiated. In this mode, anything is possible, even the impossible. Logical thinking and critical, analytical abilities are dramatically reduced, if evident at all, and several ideas may be condensed into a single image. Dreams and hypnosis share this primitive, regressive mode of thinking (see also, Nash, 1991). Although primary process thinking precedes secondary process thinking in the developmental sequence, it does not disappear with age. Instead, it takes other forms, including imagery and the illogical characteristics of playful activities, jokes, and dreams that persist through adulthood.

Secondary process functioning, a more mature, cognitively based mode of thinking. Secondary process thinking is logical and sequential. It functions by way of language rather than images, and it is reality oriented, guided by the critical and analytical functions of the ego.… (altro)

In vele populaire bronnen over psychologie, van boeken tot en met internet, staan allerlei mythen en misverstanden. Deze wijdverbreide opvattingen zijn in tegenspraak met de uitkomsten van psychologisch onderzoek en andere opvattingen zijn overdrijvingen of verdraaiingen van beweringen die een kern van waarheid bevatten. Na een overzicht van de omvangrijke wereld van de populaire psychologie en een beschrijving van de tien belangrijkste bronnen van deze mythen, worden vijftig algemeen bekende misvattingen behandeld. Bij elke misvatting wordt aangegeven wat de gangbaarheid bij het grote publiek is, worden illustratieve voorbeelden gegeven en worden mogelijke bronnen genoemd. Vervolgens wordt met behulp van resultaten van psychologisch onderzoek aangegeven wat wel waar is. Elk hoofdstuk eindigt met een lijst van andere misvattingen die nader onderzocht zouden moeten worden. Voor een breed publiek, zowel voor studerenden als geïnteresseerde leken, geschreven boek dat mede door de heldere taal en alle herkenbare voorbeelden een bijdrage levert aan de demythologisering. (Biblion)… (altro)