If a Hypnotized Person Is Told Not to Feel Pain

question 38

Multiple Choice

If a hypnotized person is told not to feel pain during surgery without anesthesia, which of the following outcomes is most likely?

• A) The pain sensations still occur, but they are not emotionally distressing.
• B) The pain receptors do not respond to the cuts.
• C) The pain receptors carry a message as far as the spinal cord, but the message stops in the spinal cord.
• D) The person feels the same pain as any nonhypnotized person, and reacts to it as strongly.

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