ABSTRACT

Most real-world applications of hypnosis involve a pair of actors: a hypnotist and a subject. Accordingly, most current models of hypnosis acknowledge the relevance of social factors in the development of the hypnotic response. Yet, psychophysiological research on hypnosis has been mostly restricted to techniques that are studying one individual, neglecting the complexity of hypnosis as a social phenomenon. In this paper, we review evidence suggesting that a multi-brain approach to studying the psychophysiology of hypnosis could lead to a breakthrough in our understanding of the neural correlates of hypnosis. In particular, we aim to highlight how this approach which relies on the information conveyed by complex verbal stimuli can be utilized to deal with the multifaceted nature of hypnosis. Furthermore, we present analytical approaches to assessing brain-to-brain coupling developed in the field of social cognitive neuroscience in the past decade, to aid the design of similar multi-brain studies in hypnosis research.

摘要

催眠在现实世界中的大多数应用都涉及到一对演员：催眠师和受试者。因此，大多数当前的催眠模型都承认社会因素在催眠反应发展中的相关性。然而，关于催眠的心理生理学研究主要局限于研究一个人的技术，而忽略了催眠作为一种社会现象的复杂性。在本文中，我们回顾了证据，表明研究催眠的心理生理学的多脑方法可能会导致我们对催眠神经相关性的理解取得突破。特别是，我们旨在强调如何利用这种依赖于复杂语言刺激所传达信息的方法来处理催眠的多方面性质。此外，