Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...

A strange mystic swings a pocket watch back and forth, repeating the phrase "You're getting sleepy, very sleepy," giving them absolute command over their subject. That's not how hypnotism really works ...

Misrepresentations of hypnosis seem to pervade television shows and movies. For instance, they suggest hypnosis produces an unusual state of consciousness (trance) associated with loss of willpower ...

TIMES ARE good in the hypnosis business. On YouTube, channels such as UltraHypnosis offer videos featuring candles, swirling patterns and slow voiceovers, with titles like “Hypnosis to Declutter your ...

Standardized and reproducible hypnosis inductions The OMNI Hypnosis inductions, which are based on the hypnosis inductions by Dave Elman and Gerald Kein, were used to measure the two states. Our ...