Hypnotic analgesia: 1. somatosensory event-related potential changes to noxious stimuli and 2. transfer learning to reduce chronic low back pain

Crawford, Helen J.; Knebel, Timothy; Kaplan, Lyla; Vendemia, Jennifer M. C.; Xie, Min; Jamison, Scott; Pribram, Karl H.

doi:10.1080/00207149808409992

Hypnotic analgesia: 1. somatosensory event-related potential changes to noxious stimuli and 2. transfer learning to reduce chronic low back pain

Fifteen adults with chronic low back pain (M = 4 years), age 18 to 43 years (M = 29 years), participated. All but one were moderately to highly hypnotizable (M = 7.87; modified 11-point Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C [Weitzenhoffer & Hilgard, 1962]), and significantly reduced pain…