Figure 1.

(A) The cold control theory of hypnotic responding. According to higher‐order thought (HOT) theory, a HOT of intending a motor action is based on information about unconscious first‐order intentions (i). Following a hypnotic suggestion that one's arm will move by itself (ii), first‐order intentions are preserved, but such information is avoided in forming a HOT about intention. A voluntary action is thus experienced as involuntary. (B) Trait differences in the metacognition of intentions in hypnotizability and mindfulness meditators.