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The science of meditation and the state of hypnosis
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Two aspects of Buddhist meditation-concentration and mindfulness-are discussed in relationship to hypnosis. Mindfulness training facilitates the investigation of subjective responses to hypnosis. Concentration practice leads to altered states similar to those in hypnosis, both phenomenologically and neurologically. The similarities and differences between hypnosis and meditation are used to shed light on perennial questions: (1) Does hypnosis involve an altered state of consciousness? (2) Does a hypnotic induction increase suggestibility? I conclude that a model for hypnosis should include ...
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Detecting hypnotically altered states of consciousness
; ...P. (2005). Detecting hypnotically altered states of consciousness. Contemporary Hypnosis...reality testing, and he argues that an altered state of consciousness is an inevitable consequence...suggests possible ways of researching this altered state. Address for reprints: Peter L. N...
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Altered states of consciousness and hypnosis in the twenty-first century
; Gruzelier, J. (2005). Altered states of consciousness and hypnosis in the twenty-first century...that the study of consciousness, unconscious processing, and altered state of consciousness are central issues in neuroscience, heralding...
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Arts Review: Altered States Of Paint: Different strokes
; ALTERED STATES OF PAINT Dundee Contemporary Arts THERE'S been change in the...Spinning its title out of Ken Russell's hallucinogenic 1980 movie, Altered States, Altered States Of Paint is an exhibition of contemporary painting that owes...
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Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis
; ...2003). Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality...mental states commonly referred to as altered states of consciousness are principally due...hypofrontality is the unifying feature of all altered states and that the phenomenological ...
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Altering the state of the altered state debate: Reply to commentaries
; ...2005). Altering the state of the altered state debate: Reply to commentaries. Contemporary...journal issue reveal that the concept of altered state of consciousness still lacks a commonly...explanation, the problems associated with the altered state of consciousness concept, and the ...
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Altered States: Creativity Under the Influence
; Altered States: Creativity Under the Influence, by James Hughes. Bright neon colors...if these people never got past the admittedly garish pink cover. For Altered States is actually an interesting exploration of creativity and the often...
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ALTERED STATES
; ...W.Va. 73 407 Miss. 85 601 Wis. 104 474 Mo. 292 850 Wyo. 24 880 Total 9,369+ 33,910 +Does not include 12 miles of U.S. interstate highway in the District of Columbia. SOURCE: Associated Press/Sen. Steven Symms (R-Idaho) CAPTION:Altered States
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Wording-our-way toward altered states.
; ...reality, philosophical Taoism, and altered states of awareness. The initial purpose of...reality, philosophical Taoism, and altered states of awareness referentially, we first...can be largely symbolic experience. ALTERED STATES By making apparent the transparency...
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"Ecstasy: In and About Altered States"
; ...character, in other words, we know altered states partly through mediated ones...best, "Ecstasy: In and About Altered States" (curated by Paul Schimmel...drugs with a wide variety of altered states-hypnosis, sleep, madness, perceptual...
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Empirical resolution of the altered state debate
; Kirsch, I. (2005). Empirical resolution of the altered state debate. Contemporary Hypnosis, 32(1), 18-23. The author...Revonsuo (2003) correctly framed the central issue in the altered state theoretical debate as being whether a trance state...
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