NOVEMBER 1999, VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2, Abstract 2
The Brain and Hypnosis: Is There a Chaotic Connection?
Alison M. Weber, The Bendigo Health Care Group
The search for a neural substrate for hypnosis has included a diversity of techniques and hypotheses and has produced a rich array of data. These approaches and data are reviewed leading to the conclusion that they point to a global or general cognitive factor in association with hypnotisability and that this general factor may well reflect a chaotic or non-linear aspect of brain function. The theoretical implications of such a chaotic factor are explored.