Changes in cerebral hemispheric lateralization with hypnosis.
Cerebral hemisphere dominance was measured in 20 subjects before, during, and after hypnotic suggestion. During hypnosis, subjects demonstrated lower right ear/left hemisphere laterality scores on a dichotic listening task compared to pre- and posthypnosis periods. These results support the view that hypnosis facilitates greater participation of the right cerebral hemisphere in cognition and may partially account for several well known hypnotic effects.
D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests