Hmmm... previously I wasn't even sure that hypnotism would have this effect. I'd say that they put people into a relaxed state, and then people were more likely to ...

Although hypnosis can help with a number of medical conditions, it doesn't work for everything. Paula Connelly/iStock via Getty Images Plus We’ve all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A ...

For a long time, hypnosis has been the Rodney Dangerfield of health care. Yes, researchers have long been curious – even as they learn more – about the relationship of mind to body. Still, among ...

“There are many myths about hypnosis, mostly coming from media presentations,” like fictional films and novels, says Irving Kirsch, a lecturer and director of the Program in Placebo Studies at Harvard ...

It starts with relaxation. Soon every muscle is limp, the mind floating between awareness and sleep. And then the fun begins. Nineteen Lone Star College-Montgomery students clambered up on stage ...

Psychologist Steven Jay Lynn, in a recent paper, debunks myths about hypnosis such as hypnotic obedience, hypnosis as a special state, the fixed nature of hypnotizability, the skill required to ...

Mention hypnosis, and the image that springs to mind is a caped magician swinging a pocket watch, seducing otherwise sensible people into barking like dogs. But hypnosis is more than a stage show act.

New research demonstrates that hypnosis -- the process of focusing a person's attention on a specific task or sensation -- can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one by helping ...