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A neurophenomenological fMRI study of a spontaneous automatic writer and a hypnotic cohort

Cardeña, Etzel LU orcid ; Lindström, Lena LU ; Goldin, Philippe LU ; van Westen, Danielle LU orcid and Mårtensson, Johan LU (2023) In Brain and Cognition 170.
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the neurophenomenology of automatic writing (AW) in a spontaneous automatic writer (NN) and four high hypnotizables (HH). Methods: During fMRI, NN and the HH were cued to perform sponta- neous (NN) or induced (HH) AW, and a comparison task of copying complex symbols, and to rate their expe- rience of control and agency. Results: Compared to copying, for all participants AW was associated with less sense of control and agency and decreased BOLD signal responses in brain regions implicated in the sense of agency (left premotor cortex and insula, right premotor cortex, and supplemental motor area), and increased BOLD signal responses in the left and right temporoparietal junctions and the occipital lobes. During AW, the... (More)
Purpose: To evaluate the neurophenomenology of automatic writing (AW) in a spontaneous automatic writer (NN) and four high hypnotizables (HH). Methods: During fMRI, NN and the HH were cued to perform sponta- neous (NN) or induced (HH) AW, and a comparison task of copying complex symbols, and to rate their expe- rience of control and agency. Results: Compared to copying, for all participants AW was associated with less sense of control and agency and decreased BOLD signal responses in brain regions implicated in the sense of agency (left premotor cortex and insula, right premotor cortex, and supplemental motor area), and increased BOLD signal responses in the left and right temporoparietal junctions and the occipital lobes. During AW, the HH differed from NN in widespread BOLD decreases across the brain and increases in frontal and parietal regions. Conclusions: Spontaneous and induced AW had similar effects on agency, but only partly overlapping effects on cortical activity. (Less)
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automatic writing, fMRI, hypnosis, anomalous experience, agency
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Brain and Cognition
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170
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106060
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Academic Press
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  • pmid:37421816
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0278-2626
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10.1016/j.bandc.2023.106060
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  author       = {{Cardeña, Etzel and Lindström, Lena and Goldin, Philippe and van Westen, Danielle and Mårtensson, Johan}},
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