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The physiology of hypnosis. I

A review of the literature

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  1. College of Medicine, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.

    Bernard E. Gorton

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This is Part I of a two-part paper on the physiology of hypnosis., It includes an introduction to the subject; notes on theories of hypnosis and on methodological problems during experiment; and discussion of the electroencephalogram, metabolism, respiration, circulation, vasomotor activity, and hematological changes during hypnosis. Part II will cover the physiology of the gastro-intestinal system, kidney function, muscular activity and reflex activity during hypnosis; pharmacological aspects of hypnosis; hypnotic anesthesia; hypnosis in psychosomatic research; physiological changes associated with hypnotic age-regression; a general conclusion; and an extensive bibliography. Part II will be published in the July 1949 issue ofThe Psychiatric Quarterly.

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Gorton, B.E. The physiology of hypnosis. I. Psych Quar 23, 317–343 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563122

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