Hypnosis is essentially a state of heightened concentration and focus
Evidence from neuroimaging and cognitive studies consistently indicates that hypnosis heavily involves focused attention, cognitive control, and top-down attentional mechanisms.
The retrieved literature consistently describes hypnosis as involving focused attention, altered states of consciousness centered on concentration, and the recruitment of brain networks related to cognitive control and attention. All relevant papers support this view without presenting contradicting findings.
Antonio Del Casale, Stefano Ferracuti, Barbara Adriani, Francesco Novelli, Teodolinda Zoppi, Paride Bargagna, Maurizio Pompili. Neural functional correlates of hypnosis and hypnoanalgesia: Role of the cingulate cortex.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2021.1895709
Paper [0] explicitly defines hypnosis as an altered state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness.
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Mathieu Landry, Michael Lifshitz, Amir Raz. Brain correlates of hypnosis: A systematic review and meta-analytic exploration.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.020
Paper [1] highlights the role of top-down control processes and intrinsic brain networks supporting cognitive control in hypnosis.
Amir Raz, Melissa Lamar, Jason T Buhle, Michael J Kane, Bradley S Peterson. Selective biasing of a specific bistable-figure percept involves fMRI signal changes in frontostriatal circuits: a step toward unlocking the neural correlates of top-down control and self-regulation.. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2007.10401611
Paper [2] notes that frontostriatal circuits mediating attention, expectation, and suggestion are fundamentally relevant to understanding hypnosis.
Mathieu Landry, Amir Raz. Hypnosis and imaging of the living human brain.. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2014.978496
Paper [3] discusses how neuroimaging studies support hypotheses regarding hypnotic modulation of attention and control processes.
Anoushiravan Zahedi, Birgit Stürmer, Werner Sommer. Can posthypnotic suggestions boost updating in working memory? Behavioral and ERP evidence.. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107632
Paper [4] demonstrates that posthypnotic suggestions recruit control-related attention and cognitive control processes.
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