The neural trance: a new look at hypnosis.
The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis October 1, 2007 Herbert Spiegel
Hypnosis has had a gradual conceptual emergence from an alleged mystical experience, to sleep, to a psychological shift in concentration that activates a preexisting neuro-physiological circuitry. Data are presented to support the thesis that hypnotizability exists on a spectrum that has biological as well as psychosocial components. When there is synchrony between the bio-psychosocial...