International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
September 28, 2026
Timo Lehmann Kvamme, Jonas Lindeløv, Susanne Bollerup Overgaard et al.
Excessive alcohol use can impair working memory, potentially hindering treatment outcomes. Suggestion-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation (SBCR), a hypnotic technique of potential benefit for restoring working memory in brain injury patients, may hold promise for alcohol use disorder (AUD). This randomized controlled trial compared SBCR-hypnosis to mindfulness-based hypnosis among individuals in AUD...
Addiction
July 7, 2026
A. P. G. Donate, Janna Cousijn, Emese Kroon et al.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Although many people who use cannabis report mood-enhancing effects, affective responses are thought to vary within and between individuals. This study examined the bidirectional associations between momentary affect and cannabis use and the potential moderating role of emotion regulation in this. DESIGN Intensive longitudinal observational study using experience sampling...
Psychological Medicine
May 4, 2026
Kristine Rømer Thomsen, B. Thylstrup, Morten Hesse et al.
Abstract Background In recent decades, the potency of cannabis resin increased globally, raising concerns, as higher potency has been associated with increased risk of psychiatric harms at the individual level. The aim here was to examine whether changes over time in the potency of seized cannabis resin samples were associated with psychiatric harms at the population level. Methods Data on...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
June 1, 2017
Kristine Rømer Thomsen, M. B. Callesen, S. W. F. Ewing
Cannabis use represents a major public health issue throughout the globe. Yet, we still lack the most fundamental knowledge on long-term effects of cannabis on neural, cognitive, and behavioral function. Part of this stems from how cannabis has been measured historically. To this end, most empirical examinations of cannabis have consolidated all types of cannabis collectively. However, this...
Human Brain Mapping
May 1, 2015
Morten Joensson, Kristine Rømer Thomsen, Lau M Andersen et al.
44 citations
When experiences become meaningful to the self, they are linked to synchronous activity in a paralimbic network of self-awareness and dopaminergic activity. This network includes medial prefrontal and medial parietal/posterior cingulate cortices, where transcranial magnetic stimulation may transiently impair self-awareness. Conversely, we hypothesize that dopaminergic stimulation may improve...
Journal of Vision
February 23, 2011
Hans C Lou, Joshua Skewes, Kristine Rømer Thomsen et al.
83 citations
Liberal acceptance, overconfidence, and increased activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine have been proposed to account for abnormal sensory experiences, for instance, hallucinations in schizophrenia. In normal subjects, increased sensory experience in Yoga Nidra meditation is linked to striatal dopamine release. We therefore hypothesize that the neurotransmitter dopamine may function as a...