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Brain Activity Changes Post-Hypnosis in Dental Phobia by chandra irawan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Hypnosis can effectively reduce anxiety and fear responses in patients with dental phobia. A study used fMRI to scan the brains of 12 dental phobia patients and 12 healthy controls while viewing fear-inducing dental videos before and after a brief hypnosis session. The dental phobia patients showed increased activation in the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, insula, and hippocampus when viewing the videos without hypnosis. During hypnosis, activation in these fear processing areas was significantly redu
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