01639nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001500118653001900133653001300152653003300165653001800198100002700216700002800243245011800271300001200389490000600401520098600407022001401393020001401407       1998                            d  c07/1998bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aSuggestion10aSuggestibility10aHypnosis10aPsychophysiological measures10aArousal level1 aHéctor González Ordi1 aJuan José Miguel-Tobal00aSuggestion strategies in the management of psychophysiological arousal: The effect of instructions and suggestibi  a281-2980 v43 aThis paper reviews the experimental evidence related with the changes in the psychophysiological arousal produced by techniques of suggestion and hypnosis, especially regarding to the types of instructions administered and the level of suggestibility of the subjects as well as the interaction of both topics. Main results with differents psychophysiological measures are addressed: electrodermal response, heart rate, peripheral skin temperature, respiration measures, muscle tone, EEG-brainwaves measures, evoked potentials and hemipheric specificity. It is concluded that (1) there are no differential psychophysiological criteria for hypnosis per se; (2) there is no enough empirical evidence on the relationship between psychophysiological responses and hypnotic depth; and (3) changes in psychophysiological arousal are mainly due to the level of suggestibility of the individuals and the type of instructions administered during hypnosis than to the supposed hypnotic state.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437