by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Twenty-eight 7-12-year-old children entered a controlled study of the effects of self-hypnosis on asthma. Asthma belief and behavioural inventories were collected before, and at one and two years after intervention. Asthma diaries were kept daily and mailed monthly....
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
A brief review is presented of hemispheric specialization for different cognitive modes, and of the symptoms that follow disconnection of the two hemispheres by commissurotomy. Our present knowledge of the hemispheres’ cognitive specialization and potential for...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
NOTES: Reviews literature on hypnosis treatment for PTSD and presents a rationale, based on the type of symptoms presented (blunting vs intrusions). Case presentations are provided. “Several types of physiological processes may underlie dissociation. State-...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
“The entire multitiered system arborizes like a tree, with levels in each component linked to corresponding levels in other components. For example, an early (e.g., limbic) state in language (e.g., word meaning) is linked to an early stage in action (e.g.,...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
“As shown by the present study, amnesia maintenance can be quite problematic. Of 18 high hypnotizable subjects for whom amnesia was suggested, only 10 remained fully amnesic for the suggestion after 3 days. In addition, those 8 subjects for whom amnesia...
