Comments on: Suggesting altered states http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/24/suggesting-altered-states/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wednesday Round Up #148 | Neuroanthropology http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/24/suggesting-altered-states/#comment-18493 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:03:54 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17471#comment-18493 [...] Bell, Suggesting Altered States *The power of suggestion and hypnosis on the [...]

]]> By: Shai-Hulud http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/24/suggesting-altered-states/#comment-18415 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:11:02 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17471#comment-18415 If the prefrontal cortex can demonstrate an inhibitory effect on other brain regions, could a stimulatory effect also be possible?

If so, could highly suggestible individuals be retrained to trigger
the stimulatory effect? Could cognitive brain therapy be inducing this effect?

Can suggestion-resistant individuals learn to harness this ability perhaps to enhance emotional states, learning, memory, motor skills, creativity etc?

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