Anatomy of a Hypnotic Response:Self-Report Estimates, Actual Behavior, and Physiological Response to the Hypnotic Suggestion for Arm Rigidity

WINKEL, JUSTIN D.; YOUNGER, JARRED W.; TOMCIK, NATHAN; BORCKARDT, JEFFREY J.; NASH, MICHAEL R.

doi:10.1080/00207140500528430

Anatomy of a Hypnotic Response:Self-Report Estimates, Actual Behavior, and Physiological Response to the Hypnotic Suggestion for Arm Rigidity

The present study closely examines subject response to the arm-rigidity item of the HGSHS:A. Subject behavior, subject self-report, and surface EMG of the biceps and triceps muscles were monitored. Two distinct ways of passing the item were observed and verified by EMG recordings: some subjects (…