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Forebrain: The largest division of the brain, which includes the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia. It is credited with the highest intellectual functions. Frontal Lobes: Located behind the forehead. They are most closely linked with making decisions and judgments. Galvanic Skin Response (GSR): Increase in voltage and/or change in electrical resistance of the skin occurring during emotion as a result of action of the ANS on the sweat glands. Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA): An amino acid transmitter in the brain whose primary function is to inhibit the firing of neurons. Gastrointestinal Tract: The digestive tract, from mouth to anus. Glia: Specialized cells that nourish and support neurons. Glutamate: An amino acid neurotransmitter that acts to excite neurons. Glutamate probably stimulates N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors that have been implicated in activities ranging from learning and memory to development and specification of nerve contacts in a developing animal. Stimulation of NMDA receptors may promote beneficial changes; while over stimulation may be the cause of nerve cell damage or death in neurological trauma and stroke. Hallucination: Sensory impression of external objects in the absence of external stimulus. Hetroaction: A progressively increasing tendency of an individual to respond to other suggestions after being made to respond to a number of previous suggestions. A generalization of suggestibility. Hippocampus: This area plays a crucial role in processing information involving long-term memory. Damage to the hippocampus will produce global retrograde amnesia, or the inability to store information. Homoaction: The tendency of an ideomotor response to increase in strength if it is elicited a number of times within a certain interval of time. Homoaction accumulates with multiple repetitions of a suggestion. Homeostasis: The tendency of organisms to maintain internal equilibrium. Hormones: Chemical messengers secreted by endocrine glands to regulate the activity of target cells. They play a role in sexual development, calcium and bone metabolism, growth and many other activities. Hyperhydrosis: Excessive perspiration, usually from the hands, feet and armpits. Hypnosis: A normal state of the nervous system that is characterized by increased suggestibility. Hypnotic Regression: Process, by which a subject vividly relives, under hypnosis, experiences which he has forgotten or repressed. Hypnoidal: The state in which the first effects of hypnosis are felt. Ideomotor Response: A muscular or motor response to an idea held in the mind. Imagery: Includes responses in all sensory classifications. Imagery is not all visual. It is possible to imagine, in varying degrees, other kinds of sensory impressions (sounds, odor, taste, touch, etc.). Immediate Memory: A phase of memory that is extremely short-lived, with information stored only for a few seconds. It also is known as short-term and working memory. Inhibition: In reference to neurons, it is a synaptic message that prevents the recipient cell from firing. Kinesthesis: Muscle, tendon and joint sensitivities. Left Cerebral Hemisphere: This part of the brain is most closely associated with consciousness. The left hemisphere usually manages the right side of the body, controls language and general cognitive functions. It plays a predominate role in deciding what responses are made to incoming stimuli. Limbic System: Contains a number of interconnected brain structures which are linked to hormones, drives, temperature control, emotion, and, to memory formation. Neurons affecting heart rate and respiration are concentrated in the hypothalamus and direct most of the physiological changes that accompany strong emotion. |
| The instructions presented are from the personal collections and writing library of Mr. Robert E. Cutter, who died December 13, 2001, while in the process of completing the transfer of his work to the internet. These are offered as educational instruction only. The purpose of this instruction is the effective learning and use of hypnotic techniques for vocational or avocational self-improvement. This instruction is not offered as a substitute for, nor as a supplement to, any form of therapy concerned with physical, mental, nervous or emotional illness. Robert E. Cutter served as web consultant for American Psychotherapy and Medical Hypnosis Association for three years. His hypnosis education came through the training he provided at a school he owned in the 1950's in Los Angeles, California, along with his wife who preceded him in death in 1980. Robert Cutter was not a psychologist and did not practice psychotherapy, but his interest in hypnosis motivated him to provide free resources materials for others who wanted to learn to use the power of their minds to improve well being and health-related issues. |
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