Entropy and the brain: An overview

S Keshmiri - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Entropy is a powerful tool for quantification of the brain function and its information
processing capacity. This is evident in its broad domain of applications that range from …

Brain correlates of hypnosis: A systematic review and meta-analytic exploration

M Landry, M Lifshitz, A Raz - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Imaging of the living human brain elucidates the neural dynamics of hypnosis; however, few
reliable brain patterns emerge across studies. Here, we methodically assess neuroimaging …

Hypnosis and top-down regulation of consciousness

DB Terhune, A Cleeremans, A Raz, SJ Lynn - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypnosis is a unique form of top-down regulation in which verbal suggestions are capable
of eliciting pronounced changes in a multitude of psychological phenomena. Hypnotic …

New directions in hypnosis research: strategies for advancing the cognitive and clinical neuroscience of hypnosis

MP Jensen, GA Jamieson, A Lutz… - Neuroscience of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This article summarizes key advances in hypnosis research during the past two decades,
including (i) clinical research supporting the efficacy of hypnosis for managing a number of …

Metacognition of agency is reduced in high hypnotic suggestibility

DB Terhune, LRA Hedman - Cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
A disruption in the sense of agency is the primary phenomenological feature of response to
hypnotic suggestions but its cognitive basis remains elusive. Here we tested the proposal …

Shared cognitive mechanisms of hypnotizability with executive functioning and information salience

A Faerman, D Spiegel - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, evidence linked hypnotizability to the executive control and information
salience networks, brain structures that play a role in cognitive conflict resolution and …

Altered brain connectivity and network topological organization in a non-ordinary state of consciousness induced by hypnosis

R Panda, A Vanhaudenhuyse, A Piarulli… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Hypnosis has been shown to be of clinical utility; however, its underlying neural
mechanisms remain unclear. This study aims to investigate altered brain dynamics during …

Alterations in electrodermal activity and cardiac parasympathetic tone during hypnosis

Z Kekecs, A Szekely, K Varga - Psychophysiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring autonomic nervous system (ANS) changes during hypnosis is critical for
understanding the nature and extent of the hypnotic phenomenon and for identifying the …

Cerebellar structural variations in subjects with different hypnotizability

E Picerni, EL Santarcangelo, D Laricchiuta, D Cutuli… - The Cerebellum, 2019 - Springer
Hypnotizability—the proneness to accept suggestions and behave accordingly—has a
number of physiological and behavioral correlates (postural, visuomotor, and pain control) …

The neurophenomenology of out-of-body experiences induced by hypnotic suggestions

E Facco, E Casiglia, BE Al Khafaji, F Finatti… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Inducing out-of-body experiences in hypnosis (H-OBEs) offers an almost unique opportunity
to investigate them under controlled conditions. OBEs were induced as an imaginative task …