International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
2022
Eniko Kasos, Krisztian Kasos, Emese Józsa et al.
This retrospective study was a nonrandomized comparison of exercisers' (runners and participants of a spinning class) states of consciousness with subjects of active-alert hypnosis (AAH) and students in a class (control). Three hundred and seventy-five participants completed the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI). Runners, spinners, and participants of AAH scored higher on the...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
2018
Krisztian Kasos, Zoltán Kekecs, Eniko Kasos et al.
Shifts in hemispheric dominance were previously proposed to play a role in hypnosis. Participants (N = 32) were exposed to an active-alert hypnosis induction and a music-control condition while electrodermal activity was registered bilaterally, providing information on alterations in hemispheric dominance. The results suggest that highly hypnotizable participants show a shift to right-sided and...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
October 1, 2017
E R Katonai, Anna Szekely, A Vereczkei et al.
Hypnotizability is related to the Val158Met polymorphism of the COMT gene. The authors' aim was to find associations between candidate genes and subjective dimensions of hypnosis; 136 subjects participated in hypnosis and noninvasive DNA sampling. The phenomenological dimensions were tapped by the Archaic Involvement Measure (AIM), the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI), and the...
BMC Anesthesiology
August 2, 2016
Judit Gyulaházi, Pál Redl, Zsolt Karányi et al.
Background: Images evoked immediately before the induction of anesthesia by means of suggestions may influence dreaming during anesthesia. This study is a retrospective re-evaluation of the original prospective randomized trial. Methods: Dream reports were studied in two groups. In group 1. dreams of patients who received suggestions, and in group 2, those of the control group of patients who...
BMC Anesthesiology
January 28, 2015
Judit Gyulaházi, Katalin Varga, Endre Iglói et al.
Background: Images evoked immediately before the induction of anesthesia with the help of suggestions may influence dreaming during anesthesia.The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of evoked dreams and dream recalls by employing suggestions before induction of anesthesia while administering different general anesthetic combinations. Methods: This is a single center, prospective...