Jensen Mark P
a University of Washington , Seattle , USA.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2016;64(1):137-45. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2015.1099408.
A recent study published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis reported an interesting diurnal pattern of hypnotic responsivity; specifically, the authors found higher hypnotic responsiveness in a large sample of undergraduates in the morning and early evening. However, they did not have an explanation for this pattern of findings. This pattern is consistent, however, with the theta hypothesis of hypnotic responsivity. Further examination of the associations between brain oscillations and response to hypnosis is needed to determine if specific oscillations such as theta (a) actually facilitate response to some hypnotic suggestions, (b) merely reflect hypnotic responding, or (c) reflect another factor that itself plays a causal role in response to hypnosis.
最近发表在《国际临床与实验催眠杂志》上的一项研究报告了催眠反应性有趣的昼夜模式；具体而言，作者在一大样本的本科生中发现，早晨和傍晚的催眠反应性更高。然而，他们对这一研究结果模式没有给出解释。不过，这一模式与催眠反应性的θ波假说相一致。需要进一步研究大脑振荡与催眠反应之间的关联，以确定诸如θ波等特定振荡是否（a）实际上促进了对某些催眠暗示的反应，（b）仅仅反映了催眠反应，或者（c）反映了另一个本身在催眠反应中起因果作用的因素。
