Abstract
In this paper, utilizing the interactional research paradigm developed by Éva Bányai, we discuss the hypnotic relationship from the viewpoint of interactional synchrony. Based on our three decades of empirical studies of an interactional paradigm, we propose the analogy between hypnosis and mother–child interaction. Hypnosis is considered as a potential corrective/reparative possibility when the real childhood experiences appear to be unfavourable. Possible neuroanatomical and neurochemical mechanisms are also suggested in the right hemispheric orbitofrontal cortex and central oxytocin system.
Highlights
In our approach based on three decades of empirical studies in an interactional paradigm, we propose that current hypnotic interactions may be related to experiences connected with some previous—typically early childhood parent-child—relationship patterns
In our studies of hypnotic dyads, the signs of fitness and tension clearly appeared in indices of experience measured by the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI)
The correlation between the evaluations given by monozygotic twins about the hypnotic interaction was very high, they participated in two different hypnosis sessions with two different hypnotists at the same time
Summary
Mechanisms of Hypnosis from an Interactional Perspective. Brain Sci. Argued that the concept of interactional synchrony is more dimensional than dichotomous: It can appear in various degrees It is advantageous if both the presence or the absence of harmony (or as Waugh said: interactional harmony and discord) can be handled within the same theoretical model and empirical approach. In this dimensional framework, it is easier to study what kind of synchrony or harmony is optimal in each situation. The methods applied in our studies —enabled us to ask directly how the interactants rated the interaction itself, and to infer the above-mentioned fitness
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