I am beginning to write this first presidential letter with very intense emotions. Similarly strong emotions are accompanying the start of my service as an ISH President. I listen to words of our motto ‘Building Bridges of understanding’ and search for answers to important questions about the mission of our organisation. Having in mind Claude…
To everyone who has contributed to the success of our society: Thank you Mark P. Jensen, PhD This is my last ISH Newsletter letter as president of the International Society of Hypnosis. I am writing with a sense of deep gratitude to everyone in our society who has helped to move us, and the field…
Looking forward to seeing you at the ISH World Congress in June My primary message in this letter to all ISH members – and any future ISH members who provide clinical care or conduct research using hypnosis – is this: Please register for and plan participate in the 2024 ISH World Congress in Kraków, Poland,…
Apelian, C., De Vignemont, F., Terhune, D. B. (2023) Consciousness and Cognition, 108 PMID: 36706563 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103473 How do we perceive our body? How can we “trick” our brain? Which method is more effective to cause hand lengthening illusion: imagery or hypnosis? This article combined the perceptual lengthened finger illusion task for body image and…
Karrasch, S., Matits, L., Bongartz, W., Mavioğlu, R. N., Gumpp, A. M, Mack, M., Tumani, V., Behnke, A., Steinacker, J. M., & Kolassa, I. T., (2023) Biological Psychology, 178 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108527 The article examines the relaxation hypnosis effects on chronic stress reaction in 44 mild or highly hypnotizable individuals (measured with Harvard Group Scale), who suffered…
Acunzo, D. J., Oakley, D. A., & Terhune, D. (2021). American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 63(4), 355-371. PMID: 33999774 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2020.1865869 What are the main biochemical elements of the hypnotic suggestion process in the brain? How can we detect them? This article revealed these factors. The motivational bases of this paper was the urgent scientific…
Palfi, B., Moga, G., Lush, P., Scott, R. B., & Dienes, Z. (2019). Psychological Research, 84(5), 1460–1471. DOI:10.1007/s00426-019-01162-w In hypnosis research the scientists get onto the frontline of many methodological problems. This article helps the researcher to standardize and automatize the research process through exposing the main turning points, and also opportunities to expand the…
Zahedi, A., Stuermer, B., Hatami, J., Rostami, R., Sommer , W., (2017). Neuropsychologia, 96, 70-77. PMID: 28077327 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.01.006 This experiment involved 12 highly hypnotizable persons (Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility -Shor, R.E., Orne, E.C., 1962.) in the Stroop Test during three conditions: without hypnosis (6 minute eye closed-resting session), hypnosis, and post hypnotic…
