Análisis experimental de la anestesia/analgesia hipnótica (A/AH): una propuesta interconductista.

Abstract

According to a interbehavioral perspective, in a previous work it was presented a model to analize Hipnotic Anesthesia/Analgesia (HA /A) as a phenomenon of Paradoxical Stable Affectation (PSA), possibly belonging to a case of Referential Sustitutive Function. In order to analyze empirically how the referents “hypnosis” and “relaxation” involved in the same form of procedure (or “hypnotic induction”) can facilitate or interfere with the articulation of the HA/A, a methodology is used to identificate Verbal Indicators (VI) and Nonverbal Indicators (NVI) related to pain. For the present study Test Pressure Cold or CPT was used. The results showed that the use of reference “hypnosis” can facilitate the disappearance of the NVI and a decrease of VI, while in the case of reference “relaxation” NVI and VI reduce but none disappear.