Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.
Conscious Cogn. 2011 Jun;20(2):321-4. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.10.007. Epub 2009 Dec 6.
Can suggestion, particularly hypnotic suggestion, influence cognition? Addressing this intriguing question experimentally is on the rise in cognitive research, nowhere more prevalently than in the domain of cognitive control and attention. This may well rest on the intuitive connection between hypnotic suggestion and attention, where the hypnotist controls the subject's attention. Particularly impressive has been the work of Raz and his colleagues demonstrating the modulation and even the complete elimination of classic Stroop color-word interference when subjects are given a posthypnotic suggestion that words are meaningless. Overriding a highly practiced, possibly even automatic response like reading is testament to the attentional control that can be exerted under (post)hypnotic suggestion. What else do we need to know--in the Stroop context and more broadly--to obtain a clear picture of how suggestion can orchestrate attention?
暗示，特别是催眠暗示，能影响认知吗？为了回答这个有趣的问题，认知研究中越来越多地采用实验方法，在认知控制和注意领域尤其如此。这可能是基于催眠暗示和注意力之间的直观联系，催眠师控制着被试的注意力。拉兹（Raz）及其同事的工作尤其令人印象深刻，他们证明了当被试接受暗示词是无意义的催眠后暗示时，经典斯特鲁普色词干扰可以被调节甚至完全消除。在（催眠后）暗示下，对阅读等高度练习的、甚至可能是自动的反应进行控制，证明了可以施加注意力控制。在斯特鲁普的情况下，以及更广泛地说，为了更清楚地了解暗示如何协调注意力，我们还需要了解什么？
