Hypnoanalgesia and the study of pain experience: from Cajal to modern neuroscience

Frontiers in Psychology

Renzo C. Lanfranco¹ 

关键词: hypnosis;    hypnotic suggestion;    analgesia;    Santiago Ramó;    n y Cajal;    cognitive neuroscience;    consciousness;    history;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01126

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) did not only contribute to neurobiology and neurohistology. At the end of the 19th century, he published one of the first clinical reports on the employment of hypnotic suggestion to induce analgesia (hypnoanalgesia) in order to relieve pain in childbirth. Today, the clinical application of hypnoanalgesia is considered an effective technique for the treatment of pain in medicine, dentistry, and psychology. However, the knowledge we have today on the neural and cognitive underpinnings of hypnotic suggestion has increased dramatically since Cajal’s times. Here we review the main contributions of Cajal to hypnoanalgesia and the current knowledge we have about hypnoanalgesia from neural and cognitive perspectives.

【 授权许可】

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