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Hypnosis in Working Memory Rehabilitation
Sponsor: Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital
Summary
Establishment of effective, efficient, and evidence-based interventions in rehabilitation of working memory (WM) deficits after acquired brain injury (ABI) is sorely needed. Despite robust evidence for the usefulness of clinical hypnosis in a wide range of clinical conditions, and improved understanding of mechanisms underlying it ́s effects, the potential of clinical hypnosis in cognitive rehabilitation is virtually unexplored. The current study seeks to replicate resent intriguing findings where large effects of hypnotic suggestion were seen on WM capacity following ABI, and further, explore underlying mechanisms of change.
Official title: Releasing Residual Cognitive Capacity After Acquired Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Hypnotic Suggestion in Rehabilitation of Working Memory
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 67 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
90
Start Date
2022-12-15
Completion Date
2025-06-20
Last Updated
2026-06-18
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Hypnotic suggestion
The intervention group will receive four weekly 60 min. sessions with hypnosis treatment including induction followed by hypnotic suggestion.
Mindfulness
The active control group will receive four weekly 60 min. sessions of induction and mindfulness-based instructions.
Locations (1)
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital
Nesoddtangen, Akershus, Norway