Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Hypnosis

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   1. The Evolution of Research on Hypnosis. Introductory Remarks

      • Léon Chertok

      Pages 1-9

3. Physiology

   1. Some Physiological Mechanisms Amenable to Control by Direct Suggestion under Hypnosis

      • Stephen Black

      Pages 10-27

   2. A Study on Hypnosis in the Rabbit

      • Paul Buser, Guy Viala

      Pages 28-39

   3. Hypnosis and Pre-sleep Patterns

      • Henri Gastaut

      Pages 40-44

   4. A Critical Evaluation of the Pavlovian Theory of Hypnosis

      • Jiří Hoskovec

      Pages 45-51

   5. Some Remarks on “Passive” Concentration and on Autogenic Shift

      • Andrzej Jus, Karolina Jus

      Pages 52-57

   6. Peripheral Changes in Blood Circulation during Autogenic Training and Hypnosis (Results of Experimental Research)

      • Dietrich Langen

      Pages 58-66

   7. The Role of Emotional Stress in the Hypnotization of Animals and Man

      • Pavel V. Simonov, David I. Paikin

      Pages 67-87

   8. Mechanisms for Selective Habituation

      • Eugen N. Sokolov

      Pages 88-106

   9. The Physiology of Controls on Sensory Pathways with Special Reference to Pain

      • Patrick D. Wall

      Pages 107-111

4. Experimental Psychology

   1. Some Peculiarities of Posthypnotic Source Amnesia of Information

      • Vladimir Gheorghiu

      Pages 112-122

   2. Experimental Psychology and Hypnosis

      • Ernest R. Hilgard

      Pages 123-138

   3. The Psychophysiology of Pain Reduction through Hypnosis

      • Ernest R. Hilgard

      Pages 139-150

   4. The Psychophysiology of Hypnotic Susceptibility

      • Perry London, Joseph T. Hart, Morris P. Leibovitz, Ronald A. McDevitt

      Pages 151-172

   5. On the Nature of the Posthypnotic Suggestion

      • Martin T. Orne

      Pages 173-192

   6. Hypnosis and Personality: A Moderator Variable Analysis

      • David Rosenhan

      Pages 193-198

5. Psychoanalysis

   1. The Nature of the Controlling Forces in the Hypnotic Relationship

      • Harold Stewart

      Pages 199-202

6. Back Matter

   Pages 203-208

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It seemed appropriate for the First International Symposium on the Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Hypnosis to be held in France, the country where hypnosis was rediscovered with the work of MESMER and where somnambulism was first described by his student, the MARQUIS DE PUYSEGUR. The classic studies of such authorities as CHARCOT, JANET, BERN­ HEIM, BINET, and FERE, as well as many lesser known French scholars, have provided many of the concepts that remain significant to this day. There have been many periods in the history of hypnosis when out­ standing members of the scientific community became intrigued and fascinated with the phenomenon, only to lose interest and allow it to become the province of the charlatan and fiction writer. The Second W orId War provided considerable impetus to the clinical use of hypnosis and since then there has been an enduring revival of both scientific and clinical interest. Nevertheless, though research using hypnosis or attempting to clarify its nature has become recognized as an appropriate scientific endeavour in much of the world, a great many barriers of communication, including not only those of language but, perhaps even more troublesome, those of theoretical orientation and disciplinary interest, have remained a serious impediment to progress.

• communication
• emotion
• evolution
• experimental psychology
• language
• nature
• pain
• personality
• physiology
• psychoanalysis
• psychology
• psychophysiology
• research
• stress

• Psychosomatic Department, Institut de Psychiatrie La Rochefoucauld, Paris IXe, France

  Léon Chertok

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