Hypnosis and Conscious States

The cognitive neuroscience perspective

Graham Jamieson

336 pages | 13 figures; 4 black & white photos; 2 colour photos | 246x171mm

978-0-19-856980-0 | Paperback | 18 January 2007

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The first book to explore how cognitive neuroscience is finally providing some of the answers to the phenomenon of hypnosis, and how the hynotic state may be realised in the brain
Includes contributions from leading philosophers, neuroscientists, and psychologists, to provide a multidisciplinary review of the field
Shows how the study of hypnosis can expand our knowledge of consciousness

The phenomenon of hypnosis provides a rich paradigm for those seeking to understand the processes that underlie consciousness. Understanding hypnosis tells us about a basic human capacity for altered experiences that is often overlooked in contemporary western societies. Throughout the 200 year history of psychology, hypnosis has been a major topic of investigation by some of the leading experimenters and theorists of each generation. Today hypnosis is emerging again as a lively area of research within cognitive (systems level) neuroscience informing basic questions about the structure and biological basis of conscious states.

This book describes the latest advances in understanding hypnosis and similar trance states by researchers within the neuroscience of consciousness. It contains many new and exciting contributions from up and coming researchers and provides a lively debate on methodological and theoretical issues central to the development of emerging research paradigms in the neuroscience of conscious states.

The book introduces and describes many of the recent new tools that have become available to researchers in this field. Academics, researchers, and clinicians wanting to develop their knowledge of the latest findings, theories and methods in the scientific study of hypnosis and related states of consciousness will find this an up to date guide to this rapidly advancing field.

Readership: Cognitive neuroscientists and philosophers interested in consciousness; clinicians with an interest in hypnosis

Graham Jamieson, Lecturer in Human Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

Contributors:
Tim Bayne, Dept of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Melanie Boly, Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron, Dept of Neurology, University of Liege, Belgium
Adrian Burgess, Dept of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Vilfredo de Pascalis, Dept of Psychology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Zoltan Dienes, Dept of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Tobias Egner, fMRI Research Center, Columbia University, New York, USA
Oliver W Fassler, Dept of Psychology, Binghampton University, Binghampton, NY, USA
Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Pain Clinic, Liege University Hospital, Sart-Tilman, Belgium
Harutomo Hasegawa, Imperial College, London, UK
Graham A Jamieson, School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Irving Kirsch, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK
Josh Knox, Psychology Dept, Binghamton University, Binghamton NY, USA
V Krishna Kumar, School of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, USA
Steven Laureys, Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron, Dept of Neurology, University of Liege, Belgium
Scott O Lilienfeld, Dept of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Steven Jay Lynn, Psychology Dept, Binghamton University, Binghamton NY, USA
Pierre Maquet, Centre de Recherches du Cyclotron, Dept of Neurology, University of Liege, Belgium
Wolfgang H R Miltner, Dept of Biological & Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Peter L N Naish, Dept of Psychology, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Ulrich Ott, Bender Inst of Neuroimaging, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Ronald J Pekala, Biofeedback Clinic, Coatesville V A Medical Center, Coatesville PA, USA
Josef Perner, Dept of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria
William J Ray, Dept of Psychology, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
Amir Raz, New York State Psychiatric Inst, New York, USA
Henry Szechtman, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Brent Vogt, Cingulum Neurosciences Inst, Manlius, NY, USA
Thomas Weiss, Dept of Biological & Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Erik Woody, Dept of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Hypnosis and Conscious States

The cognitive neuroscience perspective

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