Hypnosis

Question 0

What did it take to get people not to feel pain from sticking hand in water?

Answer 0

hypnotic trance + specific suggestions

ACC activity decrease correlated with decreased perception of pain

Question 1

What are 2 areas of the brain involved pain sensation?

Answer 1

Somatosensory cortex

ACC - the affective component of pain

Question 2

What’s the take-home point from the experiments where subjects were asked to image images as grey or colored?

Answer 2

Hypnosis is more than imagination. It actually changes brain activity corresponding to the sensory modalities altered.