MindHacks image - CharcotDr Vaughan Bell, posting at the ever-stimulating MindHacks.com, has written an interesting piece about the neuroscience of hypnosis and suggestion, and how these are helping us to understand hysterical/conversion disorders.

"Contrary to the popular myth, if you are experiences the effects of suggestion, your mind isn’t ‘under control’ and it’s much like watching a film. You can choose to turn away at any point but you don’t decide to be scared or amused by the movie – it just happens. Highly suggestible people can allow suggestions of paralysis, amnesia or even hallucinations."

There are some great links to a JNNP podcast with hypnosis researcher Quinton Deeley, as well as to a Guardian article Vaughan wrote about the neuroscience of suggestion.

 

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