Hypnosis is an altered state of mind, usually accompanied by some or all the following: 1   Increases in the intensity of focal concentration as compared with peripheral awareness 2   Changes in perception, memory and temporal...

Hypnosis is a state described as sleeplike. It is usually induced by another individual for the purpose of tapping into the unconscious mind. As a result of the hypnosis, the subject may experience forgotten or suppressed memories. Hypnosis has also...

(from Greek, hypnos: sleep) The origin of hypnosis is generally credited to Franz Mesmer (1734–1815). Mesmer believed in animal magnetism—that all creatures have a universal magnetic fluid, disruption in which could affect psychological...

Hypnosis is a social interaction in which one person, called the subject, acts on suggestions from another person, called the hypnotist, for imaginative experiences involving alterations in cognition and voluntary action. Among those individuals who...

Hypnosis is "a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject" says the website Definition of hypnosis - Merriam-Webster Online...

Kirsch, Mazzoni, and Montgomery's (in press) article musters an ardent defense of the hypothesis that hypnotic inductions produce relatively small increases in suggestibility, and that subjective changes and hypnotic phenomena can be produced by imaginative suggestions alone, without the induction of hypnosis. As the...

Allison, a woman in her 60s, had requested a method by which she could control the acute pain of dental implant surgery scheduled for the end of the month. Our session had ended and she was confident and happy. She said that now she...

As Britney Spears was preparing to leave Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after her 72-hour lockdown yesterday, Phil McGraw (a.k.a. Dr. Phil) reportedly “blindsided” the pop star, who then rejected Mr. McGraw’s offer to help her. Since Mr. McGraw was unable to penetrate Ms. Spears’ protective shell,...

A federal judge has rejected a man's bid for exoneration in a child-molestation case explored in a noted documentary film, saying he filed his appeal too late.Jesse Friedman's appeal stemmed from the Oscar-nominated 2003 film, "Capturing the Friedmans." His lawyers said the documentary revealed evidence...