Publications and communications of Aminata Yasmina Bicego

Mouheb, Y., Louras, M., Maillart, J.-F., Gosseries, O., Charry, C., Bicego, A. Y., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (31 March 2026). Effects of Virtual Reality Hypnosis on Pain and Anxiety in Oncology Patients During Port-a-Catheter Placement Procedure: A Pilot Study. Brain Sciences, 16 (4), 384. doi:10.3390/brainsci16040384

Rousseaux, F., Giguère, É., Landry, M., Piché, M., Mostanadi, M., Augier, P., Simon, J., Bicego, A. Y., Faymonville, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Ogez, D., Rainville, P., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (November 2025). Comparison of Experimental Pain Modulation by Hypnosis, Virtual Reality and Virtual Reality Hypnosis in Healthy Individuals. European Journal of Pain, 29 (10), 70166. doi:10.1002/ejp.70166

Carella, M., Bicego, A. Y., Beck, F., Malta, C., Ardizzone, L., Bonhomme, V., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (2025). Influence of virtual reality with or without hypnosis on patient-related experience and functional recovery in outpatient foot surgery with regional anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2025-106678. doi:10.1136/rapm-2025-106678

Collignon, G.* , Bicego, A. Y.* , Faymonville, M.-E., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Dive, D., Sombrun, C., Bioy, A.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*. (05 March 2025). Therapeutic Use of Auto-Induced Cognitive Trance in a Chronic Pain Setting: A Case Study Using Mixed Methodology. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 010 (01), 1-20. doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2501012
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Marie, N.* , Lafon, Y.* , Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Rousseaux, F., Bioy, A., Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* , & Gosseries, O.*. (04 November 2024). Scoping review on shamanistic trances practices. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 24 (1), 381. doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04678-w
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Kumar Govindaiah, P., Adarsh, A., Panda, R., Gosseries, O., MALAISE, N., Salamun, I., Tshibanda, L., Laureys, S., Bonhomme, V., Faymonville, M.-E., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., & Bicego, A. Y. (23 October 2024). Exploring Electrophysiological Responses to Hypnosis in Patients with Fibromyalgia. Brain Sciences, 14 (11), 1047. doi:10.3390/brainsci14111047

Mouheb, Y., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., & Bicego, A. Y. (13 September 2024). Study of the effects of virtual reality hypnosis as a pain and anxiety relief strategy in oncology patients undergoing a port-catheter placement procedure [Paper presentation]. GIGA Day 2024, Liège, Belgium.

Gosseries, O., Marie, N., Lafon, Y., Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Oswald, V., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (May 2024). Exploration of trance states: phenomenology, brain correlates and clinical applications. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 58 (101400). doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2024.101400

Safy, O., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M.-E., LIBBRECHT, D., Fontaine Robert, Raaf Melissa, Staquet, C., TASSET, H., Bonhomme, V., Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* , & Bicego, A. Y.*. (2024). Virtual reality hypnosis prior to radiofrequency thermocoagulation for patients with chronic pain: an exploratory clinical trial. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1331826
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Cardone, P., Alnagger, N., Annen, J., Bicego, A. Y., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2024). Psychedelics and disorders of consciousness: the current landscape and the path forward. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2024 (1). doi:10.1093/nc/niae025

Louras, M., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Panda, R., Rousseaux, F., Carella, M., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Faymonville, M.-E., & Bicego, A. Y. (2024). Virtual Reality Combined with Mind-Body Therapies for the Management of Pain: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 72 (4), 435 - 471. doi:10.1080/00207144.2024.2391365

Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Castillo, M.-C., Martial, C., Annen, J., Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Sanz, L., Sombrun, C., Bioy, A., & Gosseries, O. (2024). Phenomenology of auto-induced cognitive trance using text mining: a prospective and exploratory group study. Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2024 (1), 036. doi:10.1093/nc/niae036

Oswald, V.* , Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* , Annen, J., Martial, C., Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Sombrun, C., Harel, Y., Faymonville, M.-E., Laureys, S., Jerbi, K., & Gosseries, O. (22 September 2023). Autonomic nervous system modulation during self-induced non-ordinary states of consciousness. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 15811. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42393-7
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Bicego, A. Y., CASSOL, H., Jessica Simon, Fritz, P., Simona Abagnale, Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (2023). Personality traits and pattern of beliefs of near-death(-like) experiencers. Frontiers in Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2023.1124739

Marie, N., Bicego, A. Y., Bechis Ludovico, Walter, M., Keesmann, K., Sombrun, C., Bonhomme, V., Gosseries, O.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*. (22 April 2023). Perception of pain in self-induced cognitive trance: an exploratory study [Poster presentation]. 2nd Belgian Pain Society Young Researchers Day, Ghent, Belgium.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Rousseaux, F.* , Panda, R.* , Toussaint, C., Bicego, A. Y., Niimi, M., Faymonville, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*. (2022). Virtual Reality Hypnosis in the management of pain: self-reported and neurophysiological measures in healthy subjects. European Journal of Pain. doi:10.1002/ejp.2045
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Bicego, A. Y., Delmal, P., Ledoux, D., Faymonville, M.-E., MAERTENS DE NOORDHOUT, B., Alfredo Cerasoli, Cassol, H., Gosseries, O., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (2022). Self-Hypnosis for Phantom Limb Pain: A Multiple-Case Study. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2203040

Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Panda, R., Montenegro, R., Clémence Toussaint, Diane Jooris, Faymonville, M.-E., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (06 September 2022). Virtual Reality Hypnosis: From fundamental study to clinical application [Poster presentation]. GIGA Day.

Bicego, A. Y., Monseur, J., Collinet, A., Donneau, A.-F., Fontaine Robert, LIBBRECHT, D., MALAISE, N., Nyssen, A.-S., RAAF, M., Rousseaux, F., SALAMUN, I., STAQUET, C., TEUWIS, S., TOMASELLA, M., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (12 May 2022). Comparaison d'approches complémentaires en douleur chronique [Paper presentation]. 12 ième Forum CFHTB - L'hypnose au croisement des cultures.

Remy Hélène* , Bicego, A. Y.* , Faymonville, M.-E., Bonhomme, V.* , & Vanhaudenhuyse, A.*. (2022). Intérêt d’une approche biopsychosociale dans la prise en charge d’un patient souffrant de douleurs chroniques une revue narrative. Revue Médicale de Liège.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Rousseaux, F., Dardenne, N., MASSION, P., LEDOUX, D., Bicego, A. Y., Donneau, A.-F., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (2022). Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. doi:10.1097/EJA.0000000000001633

Rousseaux, F., Dardenne, N., MASSION, P., LEDOUX, D., Bicego, A. Y., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (08 July 2021). L’implémentation de l’hypnose combinée à la réalité virtuelle aux soins intensifs : étude randomisée [Paper presentation]. 11ème Congrès de l’Association Francophone de Psychologie de la Santé, Toulouse, France.

Bicego, A. Y.* , Bicego, A. Y.* , Remy, H.* , Remy, H., Diep, A. N., Diep, A. N., Donneau, A.-F., Donneau, A.-F., Faymonville, M.-E., Faymonville, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Nyssen, A.-S., MALAISE, N., MALAISE, N., Salamun, I., Salamun, I., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (2021). Psychological Interventions Influence Patients’ Attitudes and Beliefs about their Chronic Pain: A 6-Month Follow-up. Chronic Pain and Management. doi:10.29011/2576-957x.100035
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Bicego, A. Y., Monseur, J., Collinet, A., Donneau, A.-F., FONTAINE, R., LIBBRECHT, D., MALAISE, N., Nyssen, A.-S., RAAF, M., Rousseaux, F., Salamun, I., STAQUET, C., TEUWIS, S., Tomasella, M., Faymonville, M.-E., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (2021). Complementary treatment comparison for chronic pain management: A randomized longitudinal study. PLoS ONE, 16 (8 August). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256001

Bicego, A. Y., Monseur, J., Rousseaux, F., Faymonville, M.-E., MALAISE, N., SALAMUN, I., Collinet, A., Nyssen, A.-S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (2021). Drop-out from chronic pain treatment programmes: Is randomization justified in biopsychosocial approaches? Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. doi:10.2340/16501977-2824

Rousseaux, F., Bicego, A. Y., LEDOUX, D., MASSION, P., NYSSEN, A.-S., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., LAUREYS, S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (2020). Hypnosis associated with 3D immersive virtual reality technology in the management of pain: A review of the literature. Journal of Pain Research. doi:10.2147/JPR.S231737

Rousseaux, F., Bicego, A. Y., MALENGREAUX, C., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., LEDOUX, D., MASSION, P., NYSSEN, A.-S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (2020). Can hypnosis be used in Intensive Care Units? Médecine Intensive Réanimation.

Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Cassol, H., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Rousseaux, F., JERUSALEM, G., Laureys, S., Bragard, I., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (30 May 2019). Study of the impact of non-pharmacological techniques (self-hypnosis/self-care) on cognitive complaints in cancer patients [Paper presentation]. Hypnosis New Generation, Budapest, Hungary.

Rousseaux, F., Puttaert, N., LEDOUX, D., MASSION, P., Bicego, A. Y., NYSSEN, A.-S., Laureys, S., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (30 May 2019). The impact of non-pharmacological approaches on the patient’s comfort after a cardiac surgery: A randomized controlled trial [Paper presentation]. Hypnosis New Generation, Budapest, Hungary.

Bicego, A. Y., Grégoire, C., Cassol, H., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Rousseaux, F., JERUSALEM, G., LAUREYS, S., Bragard, I., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (14 May 2019). Learning self-hypnosis/self-care improves cognitive complaints in cancer patients [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences, Liège, Belgium.

Rousseaux, F., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., Nyssen, A.-S., Grégoire, C., Bicego, A. Y., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (August 2018). Hypnose et recherche : que se passe-t-il à Liège ? HEGEL: Penser par Soi-Même, 8 (3). doi:10.4267/2042/68730

Bicego, A. Y., Lejoly, K., Maudoux, A., Lefèbvre, P., Laureys, S., SchweizerSchweizer, V., Diserens, K., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (October 2014). Swallowing in disorders of consciousness. Revue Neurologique, 170 (10). doi:10.1016/j.neurol.2014.04.004