Studies in Psychosomatics: I. The Influence of Hypnotic Stimulation on Gastric Hunger Contractions*

&NA; Experiments were performed on eight normal subjects to determine the influence of hypnotic stimulation on gastric hunger contractions. It was observed that if a fictitious meal is given by hypnotic suggestion results are obtained similar to those seen in a hungry person in the waking state who partakes of real food in that the gastric hunger contractions are inhibited and a feeling of satiation is evoked. The gastric hunger contractions are inhibited by fictitious feedings most frequently in the deeply hypnotized subjects, less frequently in the moderately hypnotized subjects, and not at all in the non‐hypnotized subjects.