Evidence supports the efficacy of hypnotic treatments, but there remain many unresolved
questions regarding how hypnosis produces its beneficial effects. Most theoretical models …

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objectives, lecture suggestions, test items, and solutions to all end-of-chapter problems in …

Background This review discusses the findings in the literature on pain and distraction tasks
according to their sensory modality. Distraction tasks have been shown to reduce …

The neural mechanisms underlying the antinociceptive effects of hypnosis still remain
unclear. Using a parametric single-trial thulium-YAG laser fMRI paradigm, we assessed …

" Like others trying to incorporate hypnotherapy into their practice, I found myself struggling
with the question," Where do I begin?" This book provides that answerÖ [It] offers the first …

Identifying personality traits and neural signatures that predict placebo responsiveness is
important, both on theoretical and practical grounds. In the present functional magnetic …

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of executive functioning and cognitive
performance on individual experimentally induced pain perception during distractor tasks in …

Objective Hypnotic suggestion is an empirically validated form of pain control; however, the
underlying mechanism remains unclear. Methods Thirteen fibromyalgia patients received …

The possible cooperation between hypnotizability-related and placebo mechanisms in pain
modulation has not been consistently assessed. Here, we investigate possible genetic …

Although hypnotizability exhibits high across-time and across-test consistencies, it is not
clear (a) how different preambles to a hypnotic procedure (metasuggestions) influence …