How Does Ernest Hilgard Explain Pain Reduction Through Hypnosis

question 40

Multiple Choice

How does Ernest Hilgard explain pain reduction through hypnosis?

• A) Hypnosis increases dopamine levels in the body.
• B) People merely play the role of the hypnotized person and attempt to ignore the pain.
• C) Hypnotized individuals dissociate the experience so that part of the mind is unaware of the pain.
• D) Hypnosis results in an altered state of consciousness that alters brain waves in regions of the brain responsible for the perception of pain.
• E) Hypnosis is a result of a "serotonin storm" occurring in the nucleus accumbens of the brain.

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