1. Effects of weight-related literal and metaphorical suggestions about the forearms during hypnosis
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Alain Blanchet, Frank Andrasik, Fabrice Kwiatkowski, Jean François Lambert, Giuseppe Mininni, Alfonso Santarpia, Cognition et Activités finalisées (CAF), Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA), and University of West Florida [Pensacola] (UWF)
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Complementary and Manual Therapy ,Adult ,Male ,Hypnosis ,Metaphor ,media_common.quotation_subject ,[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology ,metaphors ,Models, Psychological ,050105 experimental psychology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pressure ,Literal (computer programming) ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics ,Suggestion ,biopac ,media_common ,[SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics ,[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,05 social sciences ,Linguistics ,[SCCO.LING]Cognitive science/Linguistics ,[SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology ,weight-related literal suggestions ,Simulated reality ,humanities ,[SHS.RELIG]Humanities and Social Sciences/Religions ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,Clinical Psychology ,Forearm ,[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology ,ablasmi ,Female ,Psychology ,metaphorical suggestions ,Social psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
International audience; Abstract: During hypnosis, the authors tested repeated weight-related,literal and metaphorical suggestions about the heaviness ofthe subjects’ arms. The purpose was to determine if linguisticallyvaried hypnotic suggestions produced significantly different motorreactions—involuntary pressure forces of the forearms—as assessedby a linguistic biomechanical system. Classic, literal (L) suggestionssuch as “your right arm is heavy” were used, as well as metaphorical(M) suggestions, such as “your right arm is made of lead.” Aspecific effect on the progressive increase of pressure forces only inthe temporal sequence L-M for each forearm (literal suggestions followedby metaphorical suggestions) was found. This effect, termedcrescendo image metaphor effect, conceptualized within context-limitedsimulation theory, explains the findings.
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- 2010