right hemisphere safety backup at work: Hypotheses for deep hypnosis, post-traumatic stress...

This study addresses an interesting phenomenon regarding which part of the brain is more active during a hypnotic trance versus when trance is not present. When faced with one of six key problem areas of living, should the subject hypnotized, the right hemisphere tends to be more dominant. The opposite is true for a non-hypnotic subject.

Predominantly, two problems were addressed. These were raising hope of certainty about the environment, which activated the right hemisphere, and raising the hope of freedom or power of control, which dealt with the left hemisphere. The hypothesis is that during deep hypnosis this normal association is switched. This is also believed to be the case when dissociated identity disorder (DID) or PTSD is involved.

Med Hypotheses. 2013 Jun 19. pii: S0306-9877(13)00267-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.05.026. Burnand G. New University of Buckinghamshire (Retired), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Electronic address: burnand.gordon@gmail.com.