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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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.