Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Hypnosis: An International Symposium sponsored by the International Brain Research Organization and the Centre de Recherche, Institut de Psychiatrie La Rochefoucauld, Paris

It seemed appropriate for the First International Symposium on the Psychophysiological Mechanisms of Hypnosis to be held in France, the country where hypnosis was rediscovered with the work of MESMER and where somnambulism was first described by his student, the MARQUIS DE PUYSEGUR. The classic studies of such authorities as CHARCOT, JANET, BERN­ HEIM, BINET, and FERE, as well as many lesser known French scholars, have provided many of the concepts that remain significant to this day. There...