How does Ernest Hilgard explain pain reduction through hypnosis?
a. Hypnosis increases dopamine levels in the body.
b. People merely play the role of the hypnotized person and attempt to ignore the pain.
c. Hypnotized individuals dissociate the experience so part of the mind is unaware of the pain.
d. Hypnosis results in an altered state of consciousness that alters brain waves in regions of the brain responsible for the perception of pain.
e. Hypnosis is a result of a "serotonin storm" occurring in the nucleus accumbens of the brain.
c. Hypnotized individuals dissociate the experience so part of the mind is unaware of the pain.
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