People hypnotized for pain relief may show activity in brain areas that receive pain sensations but not in brain areas that make us consciously aware of the pain. this most directly supports the theory that hypnosis involves what area of the brain

This supports the theory that hypnosis involves the area of the brain that is associated with self-identity. The reason for this is that hypnosis causes dissociation of the brain, in which one part of the brain is no longer connected to another part. Here, it explains that pain sensory brain areas are no longer connected to pain awareness brain areas. This is known as a mental dissociation and affects the self-identity portions of the brain.