최근 발표된 연구에서 최면성의 뇌 회로가 발견되었습니다.

최면유도척도 점수가 높은 사람들은 낮은 사람들에게서는 안보이는 뇌의 회로를 가지고 있는 것이 발견되었습니다. 최면성에 따른 뇌의 물질적 구조적 차이는 발견되지 않았습니다. 즉 구조는 동일하나 기능이 최면성에 따라 다르다는 것, 최면성에 따라 최면상태에서 뇌의 회로의 변화가 있다는 것과 그 구체적 회로가 발견 된 것 입니다. 

http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1370571&resultClick=3  에서 논문을 무료로 볼 수 있습니다. 

Archives of General Psychiatry 에 David Spiegel 의 인터뷰가 인터넷 홈 페이지에 있으니 들어보십시오. 

http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/multimedia.aspx#AuthorInterviews

이 곳에도 기사가 있습니다. http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/october/hypnotize.html

영문 요약을 붙이니 읽어보십시오. 

Functional brain basis of hypnotizability.

Hoeft F, Gabrieli JD, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Haas BW, Bammer R, Menon V, Spiegel D.

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 1;69(10):1064-72

Abstract

CONTEXT Focused hypnotic concentration is a model for brain control over sensation and behavior. Pain and anxiety can be effectively alleviated by hypnotic suggestion, which modulates activity in brain regions associated with focused attention, but the specific neural network underlying this phenomenon is not known. 

OBJECTIVE To investigate the brain basis of hypnotizability. 

DESIGN Cross-sectional, in vivo neuroimaging study performed from November 2005 through July 2006. SETTING Academic medical center at Stanford University School of Medicine. 

PATIENTS Twelve adults with high and 12 adults with low hypnotizability. 

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Functional magnetic resonance imaging to measure functional connectivity networks at rest, including default-mode, salience, and executive-control networks; structural T1 magnetic resonance imaging to measure regional gray and white matter volumes; and diffusion tensor imaging to measure white matter microstructural integrity. 

RESULTS High compared with low hypnotizable individuals had greater functional connectivity between the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, an executive-control region of the brain, and the salience network composed of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, amygdala, and ventral striatum, involved in detecting, integrating, and filtering relevant somatic, autonomic, and emotional information using independent component analysis. Seed-based analysis confirmed elevated functional coupling between the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in high compared with low hypnotizable individuals. These functional differences were not due to any variation in brain structure in these regions, including regional gray and white matter volumes and white matter microstructure. 

CONCLUSIONS Our results provide novel evidence that altered functional connectivity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex may underlie hypnotizability. Future studies focusing on how these functional networks change and interact during hypnosis are warranted.