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Hypnotically induced emotional numbing.

R A Bryant1, M Kourch

  • 1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia. r.bryant@unsw.edu.au

The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
|June 30, 2001
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Hypnotic suggestion can reduce emotional responses to distressing images. This effect was more pronounced in highly hypnotizable individuals, suggesting potential for emotion inhibition research.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Emotional responses are crucial for survival but can be maladaptive.
  • Hypnosis offers a potential avenue for modulating these responses.
  • Understanding emotion inhibition mechanisms is key to treating emotional disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of hypnotic suggestion for emotional numbing.
  • To explore the role of hypnotizability in hypnotic emotion inhibition.
  • To examine the impact of hypnotic numbing on distress in response to negative stimuli.

Main Methods:

  • Participants (N=53) with high and low hypnotizability were recruited.
  • A hypnotic induction was followed by an emotional numbing suggestion in half the participants.

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  • Participants viewed neutral and disfigured faces, with emotional responsivity assessed.

    • Main Results:

    • Hypnotic numbing significantly reduced reported responsivity to disfigured faces compared to controls.
    • This effect was stronger in high hypnotizability participants.
    • Highly hypnotizable participants in the numbing condition showed reduced distress in facial expressions.

    Conclusions:

    • Hypnotic emotional numbing is a viable technique for reducing negative emotional responses.
    • Hypnotizability moderates the efficacy of hypnotic emotion inhibition.
    • This paradigm can be used to study the processes underlying emotion inhibition.