A B C D E F-G H I-J-K L-M-N O P-Q R S T U-Z

Rapport: A client/therapist relationship that contains levels of trust, comfort & harmony.

Recall: Detailed remembering with a minimum of memory cues.

Receptor: A cell differentiated from others in terms of its increased irritability to certain stimuli.

Receptor Molecule: A specific molecule on the surface or inside of a cell with a characteristic chemical and physical structure. Many neurotransmitters and hormones exert their effects by binding to receptors on cells.

Reciprocal Innervation: The balance of impulses leading to the relaxation of one of a pair of antagonistic muscles as the other contracts.

Reflex: A relative simple, innate response to a particular stimulus.

Reflex Arc: Simplest neural link from receptor to effector involving the CNS. Consists of a receptor, afferent neuron, sometimes a connection neuron or neurons, efferent neuron and effector.

Regression: Returning to an earlier time of certain behaviors. The state induced by hypnosis in which a subject relives a previous period of their life.

Relaxation: The somatic or psychological response factor that is brought about through the use of suggestion. All hypnosis is self-hypnosis.

REM (Rapid Eye Movement): Movement of the eyes occurring during times of dreaming or when accessing data in the hypnotic state.

Reparenting: The process of bringing underdeveloped parts of the psyche into contact with parts that are more mature and conscious.

Repression: Pushing out or barring from consciousness unwanted memories, feelings, or impulses.

Resistance: Unwillingness to be hypnotized by the subject.

Retrograde Amnesia: Loss of memory for events that happened before a head injury or other amnesia producing event.

Revivication: A reliving of a prior period of life. In revivification the hypnotized person returns to a physiological state believed to have existed at the time to which the subject has returned. All memories following the age to which the subject has been regressed are removed.

Right Cerebral Hemisphere: Controls the left half of the body. In most people it manages nonverbal processes, such as attention, pattern recognition, line orientation and the detection of complex auditory tones.

Rod: A sensory neuron located in the periphery of the retina. It is sensitive to light of low intensity and specialized for nighttime vision.

Role Reversal: Taking the role of another person to learn how one's own behavior appears from their perspective; or to understand their perspective better.

Rigidity: The condition whereby muscles become extremely tense.