Research with modern EEG machines may explain why psychologists adopted the practice of having patients lie down during sessions
As far as I could discover by reading his writings, Freud had “the plan of getting the patient to lie on a sofa while [he] sat behind him out of sight” because it was “the remnant of the hypnotic method out of which psycho-analysis was evolved.” He further stated, “I cannot put up with being stared at by other people for eight hours a day .”transference
from mingling with the patient's associations imperceptibly…” Freud apparently was concerned about being out of sight from the patient rather than about the body posture of the patient. But might this body posture itself improve the therapeutic process? Our research has suggested that a supine body posture may reduce psychological defensiveness and open up the mind. Below, I will explain how our research suggested this conclusion.We had already noticed that fMRI results don’t always replicate findings from EEG research, and wondered whether the posture people assume for each measure could be the reason why. fMRI research typically has research participants lie flat on their backs, whereas EEG research has research participants sit upright.
Participants who sat upright and were angered showed a pattern of EEG activity that had been found in several previous EEG studies . This pattern is referred to as relative left frontal cortical activity, which is associated with approach motivation, the urge to go toward . In contrast, participants in the supine posture who were angered did not show this pattern of EEG activity, and their EEG activity looked similar to participants in a neutral feedback condition.
After we published this research, I received several emails from individuals who are Muslim. They basically said that they werethat we had found scientific support for something Mohammed had said over 1400 years ago. He said,"When one of you becomes angry while standing, he should sit down. If the anger leaves him, well and good; otherwise he should lie down." [Abu Daud; Book 41, No. 4764].
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