Hypnotizability and sensorimotor gating: a dopaminergic mechanism of hypnosis.
Abstract Dopaminergic mechanisms have been theorized to influence hypnotizability and sensorimotor gating. In this study, the authors investigated an association between sensorimotor gating, as measured by prepulse inhibition (PPI), and hypnotizability, as assessed by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C (SHSS:C). They found an inverse correlation between the SSHS:C and PPI. This finding, which replicates an earlier study, provides further evidence for a dopaminergic basis for hypnotizability and suggests additional avenues for research, including a method for possibly enhancing hypnotizability through pharmacological interventions.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2011 Oct-Dec;59(4):399-405. Levin R, Heresco-Levy U, Edelman S, Shapira H, Ebstein RP, Lichtenberg P. a Herzog Memorial Hospital and Hebrew University , Jerusalem , Israel.
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