hypnotic suggestion

collocation in English

meaningsofhypnoticandsuggestion

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hypnotic
adjective
uk
/hɪpˈnɒt.ɪk/us
/hɪpˈnɑː.t̬ɪk/
caused ...
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suggestion
noun[C or U]
uk
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/us
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/
an idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of ...
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(Definition ofhypnoticandsuggestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Here, thehypnoticsuggestionserved to prevent motor intentions from reaching forward models of the purposive behaviour.
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In this sort of case,hypnoticsuggestioninduces the subject to believe that an existing object is not there.
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A person acting underhypnoticsuggestionor a subconscious motive could be said to be acting on such reasons.
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Now, suppose that the experimental manipulation involves ahypnoticsuggestionthat the first task be forgotten.
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Activation of left prefrontal areas was interpreted to reflect the functional neuroanatomical consequences of thehypnoticsuggestion.
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Cognitive-delusory hypnosis is the most difficult type ofhypnoticsuggestionto enter and is required to study mirrored-self misidentification.
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It therefore has a negative effect on expectation and itself is ahypnoticsuggestionthat suggestions must be noticed and guarded against.
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It is suspected that some form ofhypnoticsuggestionwas used.
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This pattern led to the proposal that motor function could be dominated by internal representations elicited byhypnoticsuggestion.
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It could be said thathypnoticsuggestionis explicitly intended to make use of the placebo effect.
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He used analysis andhypnoticsuggestionas treatments, but showed little success.
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