posthypnotic suggestion

suggestion /sug·ges·tion/ (sug-jes´chun)

1. the act of offering an idea for action or for consideration of action.

2. an idea so offered.

3. in psychiatry, the process of causing uncritical acceptance of an idea.

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hypnotic suggestion  one imparted to a person in the hypnotic state, by which he is induced to alter perceptions or memory or to perform actions.

posthypnotic suggestion  implantation in the mind of a subject during hypnosis of a suggestion to be acted upon after recovery from the hypnotic state.

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posthypnotic suggestion

n.

A suggestion made to a hypnotized person that specifies an action to be performed after awakening, often in response to a cue.

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posthypnotic suggestion

[-hipnot′ik]

Etymology: L, post, after; Gk, hypnos, sleep; L, suggerere, to suggest

an action suggested to a hypnotized subject during a trance that the subject carries out on awakening from the trance. The action is in response to a cue, and the subject usually does not know why he or she is performing it.

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suggestion [sug-jes´chun]

1. the act of offering an idea for action or for consideration of action.

2. an idea so offered.

3. in psychiatry, the process of causing uncritical acceptance of an idea.

hypnotic suggestion one imparted to a person in the hypnotic state.

posthypnotic suggestion implantation in the mind of a subject during hypnosis of a suggestion to be acted upon after recovery from the hypnotic state.

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posthypnotic suggestion,

n technique used during a hypnotic session to control the future behavior of the patient. The patient may be directed to act in a particular way under a given set of circumstances. See also hypnosis.

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posthypnotic suggestion

Hypnosis The interjection of an 'alien' thought into the mind of a Pt undergoing hypnosis, which would compel him to commit an act that he would not normally commit. PS: Commonly occurs in grade B movies. See Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy.