Giving up the theory that consciousness is like a "ghost in the machine" to focus on the neurobiology of brain mechanisms behind conscious awareness is an essential step to better understand the human mind, researchers argue.
Under hypnosis, the brain shifts to a state where individual areas act more independently of each other than they do during typical waking state.
Hypnotic suggestion can trigger visual hallucinations similar to those experienced by people with synethesia, researchers report.
Researchers provide new insight into human consciousness, reporting we don't consciously choose our feelings or thoughts; we simply become aware of them.
A new study investigates how the brain makes hypnotic states possible. Using EEG, researchers were able to see how hypnosis influences specific regions of the brain while it receives visual stimuli.
Researchers document neural changes associated with hypnosis.
According to researchers, perception is highly sensitized for absorbing social information.
Researchers report hypnotism appears to reduce the impact of unpleasant events during 'awake surgeries' for brain cancer.
