Scientific research supporting Transcend
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Transcend is designed to support personal development and neural plasticity. Although the references below outline how hypnotherapy can help with a wide range of topics, if you are suffering from serious mental illness it is important that you speak with a professional regarding your concerns.
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Research supporting our voice gender optimization, language perspective selection, and sleep-based programming techniques.
Legendre G, Andrillon T, Koroma M, Kouider S. The Brain Selectively Tunes to Unfamiliar Voices during Sleep. Journal of Neuroscience. 2022;42(9):1791-1801. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2524-20.2021
Key finding: Unfamiliar voices trigger more K-complexes during sleep, enabling "sentinel processing mode" for suggestion delivery.
Sokhi DS, Hunter MD, Wilkinson ID, Woodruff PW. Male and female voices activate distinct regions in the male brain. NeuroImage. 2005;27(3):572-578. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.04.023
Key finding: Men process male voices in the left hemisphere (logic) and female voices in the right hemisphere (melodic/emotional).
Kross E, Bruehlman-Senecal E, Park J, et al. Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: How you do it matters. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2014;106(2):304-324. doi:10.1037/a0035173
Key finding: Second-person self-talk ("You") reduces emotional reactivity through self-distancing.
Powers JP, LaBar KS. Does Distanced Self-Talk Facilitate Emotion Regulation Across a Range of Emotionally Intense Experiences? Clinical Psychological Science. 2021;9(1):68-78. doi:10.1177/2167702620951539
Key finding: Self-distancing reduces emotional reactivity across contexts, including for those with high emotional vulnerability.
Dolcos S, Albarracín D. The inner speech of behavioral regulation: Intentions and task performance strengthen when you talk to yourself as a You. European Journal of Social Psychology. 2014;44(6):636-642. doi:10.1002/ejsp.2048
Key finding: Second-person self-talk strengthens task performance and behavioral intentions.
Moser JS, Dougherty A, Mattson WI, et al. Third-person self-talk facilitates emotion regulation without engaging cognitive control. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:4519. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04047-3
Key finding: Non-first-person self-talk is an effortless form of emotion regulation.
Oudiette D, Paller KA. Upgrading the sleeping brain with targeted memory reactivation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2013;17(3):142-149. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.01.006
Key finding: Memory cues during NREM sleep can reactivate and strengthen associated memories.
Rasch B, Born J. About Sleep's Role in Memory. Physiological Reviews. 2013;93(2):681-766. doi:10.1152/physrev.00032.2012
Key finding: Theta waves (4-8 Hz) are associated with memory encoding and consolidation during sleep.
Reedijk SA, Bolders A, Hommel B. Effects of daily listening to 6 Hz binaural beats over one month. Scientific Reports. 2024;14:18482. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-68628-9
Key finding: Daily theta binaural beat exposure shows cumulative neurological effects after 4 weeks.
Chaieb L, Wilpert EC, Reber TP, Fell J. Potential of binaural beats intervention for improving memory and attention. Psychological Research. 2022;86:2124-2135. doi:10.1007/s00426-022-01706-7
Key finding: Meta-analysis found medium effect size (g = 0.40) for memory and attention with binaural beats.
Latinus M, McAleer P, Bestelmeyer PEG, Belin P. Norm-based coding of voice identity in human auditory cortex. Current Biology. 2013;23(12):1075-1080. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.055
Key finding: The brain compares voices against internal gender prototypes for processing.
Smith HMJ, Dunn AK, Baguley T, Sherlock L. The Effect of Face–Voice Gender Consistency on Impression Evaluation. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2023;52:727-738. doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02524-z
Key finding: Gender-matched voices lead to faster processing and more positive evaluations.
Creery JD, Oudiette D, Antony JW, Paller KA. Targeted Memory Reactivation during Sleep Depends on Prior Learning. Sleep. 2015;38(5):755-763. doi:10.5665/sleep.4666
Key finding: Sleep learning only works when reinforcing pre-existing conscious beliefs.
Clinical hypnosis research providing the foundation for understanding how verbal suggestions create psychological change.
Faymonville ME, Mambourg PH, Joris J, et al. Psychological approaches during conscious sedation. Hypnosis versus stress reducing strategies: a prospective randomized study. Pain. 1997;73(3):361-367. doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(97)00122-x
Hilgard ER. Hypnosis. Annu Rev Psychol. 1975;26:19-44. doi:10.1146/annurev.ps.26.020175.000315
Bányai ÉI. Active-Alert Hypnosis: History, Research, and Applications. Am J Clin Hypn. 2018;61(2):88-107. doi:10.1080/00029157.2018.1496318
Payrau B, Quere N, Breton E, Payrau C. Fasciatherapy and Reflexology compared to Hypnosis and Music Therapy in Daily Stress Management. Int J Ther Massage Bodywork. 2017;10(3):4-13. Published 2017 Sep 13. doi:10.3822/ijtmb.v10i3.368
Jong MC, Boers I, van Wietmarschen HA, et al. Hypnotherapy or transcendental meditation versus progressive muscle relaxation exercises in the treatment of children with primary headaches: a multi-centre, pragmatic, randomised clinical study. Eur J Pediatr. 2019;178(2):147-154. doi:10.1007/s00431-018-3270-3
Ahlskog G. Clinical Hypnosis Today. Psychoanal Rev. 2018;105(4):425-437. doi:10.1521/prev.2018.105.4.425
Alter DS, Sugarman LI. Reorienting Hypnosis Education. Am J Clin Hypn. 2017;59(3):235-259. doi:10.1080/00029157.2016.1231657
Wark DM. What we can do with hypnosis: a brief note. Am J Clin Hypn. 2008;51(1):29-36. doi:10.1080/00029157.2008.10401640
Rainville P. Hypnosis and the analgesic effect of suggestions. Pain. 2008;134(1-2):1-2. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.030
Wehrli H. Hypnotische Kommunikation und Hypnose in der ärztlichen Praxis [Hypnotic communication and hypnosis in clinical practice]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2014;103(14):833-839. doi:10.1024/1661-8157/a001719
Lynn SJ, Laurence JR, Kirsch I. Hypnosis, suggestion, and suggestibility: an integrative model. Am J Clin Hypn. 2015;57(3):314-329. doi:10.1080/00029157.2014.976783
Kinnell HG. Hypnosis. Br Med J. 1979;1(6165):751. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.6165.751-b
Kluft RP. Reconsidering Hypnosis and Psychoanalysis: Toward Creating a Context for Understanding. Am J Clin Hypn. 2018;60(3):201-215. doi:10.1080/00029157.2018.1400810
Van Dyck R, Hoogduin K. Hypnosis: placebo or nonplacebo?. Am J Psychother. 1990;44(3):396-404. doi:10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1990.44.3.396
Haley J. An Interactional Explanation of Hypnosis. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2015;63(4):422-443. doi:10.1080/00207144.2015.1062696
Holroyd J. Hypnosis treatment for smoking: an evaluative review. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 1980;28(4):341-357. doi:10.1080/00207148008409863
Hammond DC. Defining hypnosis: an integrative, multi-factor conceptualization. Am J Clin Hypn. 2015;57(4):439-444. doi:10.1080/00029157.2015.1011496
