American scientists have discovered a method by which a person can become more susceptible to hypnosis, as reported on January 8 in a press release by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), citing the scientific journal Nature Mental. Health.
A team of scientists led by Stanford University professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences David Spiegel has discovered how to make a person more susceptible to hypnosis. After all, it is believed that only 20% of people are especially susceptible to hypnosis.
Scientists worked with patients suffering from chronic pain and used electrical stimulation. Psychiatry professor David Spiegel and his team recruited 80 volunteers with fibromyalgia. All of these patients were difficult to hypnotize.
Half of the selected participants received “transcranial magnetic stimulation”, as a result of which about 800 electrical impulses were sent to certain areas of the brain (specifically, to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex). Participants who received neurostimulation. “demonstrated a statistically significant increase in sensitivity to hypnosis, scoring approximately one point higher”reports the Eureka website.
As for the group of candidates who received placebo, they did not show significant changes.
The scientists’ discovery offers prospects for the development of non-invasive and drug-free treatment methods, which will reduce the use of painkillers.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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