In a new study, researchers from the University of Turku showcased that the way the brain processes information is fundamentally altered during hypnosis. The research helps to understand how hypnosis ...

THURSDAY, July 28, 2016 -- Skeptics view hypnosis as a little-understood parlor trick, but a new study reveals real changes occur in the brain when a person enters an hypnotic state. Some parts of the ...

Diane Fresquez rests on an operating table at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, a pale blue cap on her head. She’s having her two tiny parathyroid glands removed. But for this ...

The cover story in this month's issue of Scientific American magazine is an article aimed at shattering the myths about hypnosis. It shows how hypnosis works and what medical benefits people may get ...

A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Finland and Sweden has found that the strange stare of patients under hypnosis may be a key that can eventually lead to a solution to a long debate about ...

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 ...

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 ...

The true nature of hypnosis has eluded scientists. It's clear people can be hypnotized, but it's not clear how this happens. New research offers a clue. By recording the eye movements of a hypnotized ...

Skeptics view hypnosis as a little-understood parlor trick, but a new study reveals real changes occur in the brain when a person enters an hypnotic state. Some parts of the brain relax during the ...