Behavioral Sciences
March 9, 2026
Luis Miguel Gallardo, Saamdu Chetri
3 citations
Hypnosis, long seen as a clinical tool for reducing symptoms like pain and anxiety, actually works by reorganizing how the brain processes emotions and self-awareness. This review proposes that hypnotic induction reconfigures large-scale brain networks—the default mode network, executive control network, and salience network—to create heightened experiential plasticity, enabling adaptive emotion regulation and reducing dissociative fragmentation. The authors introduce 'Fundamental Peace' as a dynamic neuro-experiential state of flexible attention, emotional coherence, reduced self-referential rigidity, and compassionate self-awareness. Neuroimaging shows hypnotic states reduce DMN activity and enhance ECN-SaN coupling. Meta-analysis of 85 controlled trials confirms robust pain reduction, and clinical studies show improvements in trauma-related dissociation and emotional dysregulation.
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
March 16, 2026
Anupma Chaandel, Saamdu Chetri
Personality can be understood not merely as fixed traits or behaviors but as a dynamic process of growing awareness and inner balance that integrates body, mind, and consciousness. Drawing on Indian yogic philosophy—specifically the concepts of Pañca-Kośa (five sheaths), Triguṇa (three qualities), and Antaḥkaraṇa (inner organ)—alongside Western psychology, the work presents yoga as a practical path for personality development and inner transformation.
Preprints.org
January 30, 2026
Luis Miguel Gallardo, Saamdu Chetri
preprint
Hypnosis, traditionally seen as a clinical technique for symptom reduction, may more fundamentally function as a mechanism of emotion regulation and self-integration. This integrative review proposes that hypnotic states reorganize emotional experience and self-referential processing by modulating large-scale brain networks—the default mode network, executive control network, and salience network. The authors introduce a formal model in which hypnotic induction enhances experiential plasticity through coordinated network reconfiguration, enabling adaptive emotion regulation and reduced dissociative fragmentation. Central to this framework is the construct of Fundamental Peace, a dynamic neuro-experiential state involving flexible attentional control, emotional coherence across self-states, reduced self-referential rigidity, and compassionate self-awareness, distinct from equanimity or well-being. The framework is evaluated against alternative theories, and testable predictions are specified.