Segregated brain state during hypnosis

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press..

Can the brain be shifted into a different state using a simple social cue, as tests on highly hypnotizable subjects would suggest? Demonstrating an altered global brain state is difficult. Brain activation varies greatly during wakefulness and can be voluntarily influenced. We measured the complexity of electrophysiological response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in one 'hypnotic virtuoso'. Such a measure produces a response arguably outside the subject's voluntary control and has been proven adequate for discriminating conscious from unconscious brain states. We show that a single-word hypnotic induction robustly shifted global neural connectivity into a state where activity remained sustained but failed to ignite strong, coherent activity in frontoparietal cortices. Changes in perturbational complexity indicate a similar move towards a more segregated state. We interpret these findings to suggest a shift in the underlying state of the brain, likely moderating subsequent hypnotic responding.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2021

Enthalten in:

Neuroscience of consciousness - 2021(2021), 1 vom: 10., Seite niab002

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tuominen, Jarno [VerfasserIn]
Kallio, Sakari [VerfasserIn]
Kaasinen, Valtteri [VerfasserIn]
Railo, Henry [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain dynamics
Hypnosis
Journal Article
Metastability
Transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/nc/niab002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323039189