[Learning in deep hypnosis. The potentiation of mental abilities?].
BACKGROUND
Hypnosis is a well known and efficient psychotherapeutic treatment. It has been stated as useful in memory improvement, however, there are only a few reports of this method in teaching, and its neurophysiological aspects.


OBJECTIVE
In this paper, the authors were intended to deal with some students' academically difficulties in Histology subject, by improving their mental capacity by means of hypnosis, and then, to compare their previous bad achievements, just in the same subject, with those obtained in a test applied after hypnosis intervention.


METHODS
In order to fulfil the proposals, seven high academically risk students were hypnotized to make them study under two very deep trance sessions, in which, some suggestions were given, such as: highest concentration, intellectual capacities reinforcement, positive affection, and also: Synthesis, reviewing, and generalization capacity enhancement. The process went into selective deafness, and selective vision as special phenomena.


CONCLUSIONS
Students achievements in the final test were compared to those previously obtained in the subject using the Signs Statistical Test. A significant improvement was demonstrated after hypnosis intervention.
Rodríguez-Sánchez
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Departamento de Bioestadística, Facultad de Ciencias Médícas de Granma, Manzanillo, Cuba. manolo@golfo.grm.sld.cu
Rodríguez-Rodríguez
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Santana-Mariño
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J
Piqueras-Hernández
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García-Sánchez
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A
D000124:Achievement; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007360:Intelligence; D007858:Learning; D009042:Motivation
Aprendizaje en hipnosis profunda. Potenciación de capacidades mentales?