Enhanced hypnotic suggestibility following application of burst-firing magnetic fields over the right temporoparietal lobes: a replication.

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  "study_type": "unknown",
  "exposure": {
    "band": "ELF",
    "source": "other",
    "frequency_mhz": null,
    "sar_wkg": null,
    "duration": "20 min"
  },
  "population": "Normal, young men and women",
  "sample_size": null,
  "outcomes": [
    "Hypnotic suggestibility (Spiegel's Hypnosis Induction Profile, HIP)"
  ],
  "main_findings": "After 20 minutes of weak (1 microTesla) burst-firing magnetic field exposure, only the group stimulated over the right temporoparietal lobe showed a marked increase in hypnotic suggestibility (eta = 0.58) compared with other stimulation locations and sham.",
  "effect_direction": "mixed",
  "limitations": [
    "Sample size not reported in abstract",
    "Frequency characteristics of the burst-firing magnetic fields not specified beyond being described as extremely low frequency",
    "Randomization/blinding procedures not described in abstract",
    "Outcome limited to hypnotic suggestibility; no clinical endpoints reported"
  ],
  "evidence_strength": "low",
  "confidence": 0.66,
  "peer_reviewed_likely": "yes",
  "keywords": [
    "extremely low frequency",
    "magnetic fields",
    "1 microTesla",
    "burst-firing",
    "temporoparietal lobe",
    "right hemisphere",
    "sham",
    "hypnotic suggestibility",
    "Hypnosis Induction Profile"
  ],
  "suggested_hubs": [
    {
      "slug": "elf-emf",
      "weight": 0.86,
      "reason": "Exposure described as weak, extremely low frequency magnetic fields (1 microTesla)."
    },
    {
      "slug": "brain-neuromodulation",
      "weight": 0.62,
      "reason": "Magnetic fields applied over temporoparietal lobes with neurocognitive outcome (hypnotizability)."
    }
  ]
}