Université de Fribourg

The brain under self-control: modulation of inhibitory and monitoring cortical networks during hypnotic paralysis

Cojan, Yann ; Waber, Lakshmi ; Schwartz, Sophie ; Rossier, Laurent ; Forster, Alain ; Vuilleumier, Patrik

In: Neuron, 2009, vol. 62, no. 6, p. 862-875

Brain mechanisms of hypnosis are poorly known. Cognitive accounts proposed that executive attentional systems may cause selective inhibition or disconnection of some mental operations. To assess motor and inhibitory brain circuits during hypnotic paralysis, we designed a go-nogo task while volunteers underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in three conditions: normal state,...