Abstract #1726

Both hypnotic and non-hypnotic suggestions dramatically alter clinical and experimental pain report. fMRI indicates stronger hypnotic responses and different mechanisms for clinical versus experimental pain

Stuart Derbyshire^1,2, Matthew Whalley³, Stanley Seah⁴, and David Oakley⁵

¹Clinical Imaging Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Traumatic Stress Service, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, United Kingdom, ⁴Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁵Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Both hypnotic and non-hypnotic suggestions dramatically alter clinical and experimental pain report. fMRI, however, indicates stronger hypnotic responses and different mechanisms for clinical versus experimental pain. The presence of different mechanisms could only be inferred from the fMRI data and not from the behavioral data.

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