Physiological effects of painful stimullation during hypnotic analgesia under conditions designed to minimize anxiety

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Abstract
A statistidy powerful experimental test of the phymological effects of painful etimulation during hypnotic analgesia was conducted under conditions designed to minimize anxiety. From the findings of no sgnificant differences between the experimental conditions, the plausible interpretation was advanced that, inasmuch as the subjective experience of pain is eliminated during hypnotic analgesia, those physiological reactions do not occur which would otherwise ordinarily result from the stressful or threatening qualities of the painful stimulation. It was further advanced, however, that anything else which minimizes the incidental anxiety component of the total pain experience–such as ego-protective procedures in the waking state–can have an effect on physiological responses to painful stimulation aimilar to that of hypnotic analgesia.

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