Hypnosis: You're Getting Sleepy

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Most people are familiar with some version of "hypnosis" -- at least as it's portrayed in fiction. But what is hypnosis, exactly? Why did this fancy name for a trance state become such an infamous term, and why have so many people made extravagant claims about the concept? In ton ... Show More

<p>We see hypnosis in movies and TV all the time – after a few swings of a watch, some poor sap starts clucking like a chicken or crying like a baby – but is there any truth to this? Can you actually hypnotize someone?</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="http ... Show More

Look closer. You are getting sleepier and sleepier. But is it real science? Jorge interviews and gets mesmerized by two hypno-experts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Ever since Franz Anton Mesmer induced trance-like states in his Parisian subjects in the late eighteenth century, dressed in long purple robes, hypnosis has been associated with performance, power and the occult. It has exerted a powerful hold over the cultural imagination, featu ... Show More

<p>Adam creates an episode to discuss questions he has received asking about trance and the depth of trance. These are the questions that Adam answers in this episode while also pondering the questions - are we all living in a permanent state of hypnosis?</p> <ol class="ol1"> <li ... Show More

Is hypnosis for real or just a lot of hocus pocus? Here's a detailed look at the science behind how hypnosis works, and what it can (and can't) do.TRANSCRIPT & LINKSRead the transcript: https://quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/mental-health/does-hypnosis-workCheck out all the ... Show More

What is hypnosis? Is it mind control? Are some people just faking? We’re revisiting this episode in which we explore the science of hypnosis and take Science Vs to the edge of consciousness. In the service of journalism, Wendy tries to get hypnotized at a comedy club and in a doc ... Show More

Hypnotism has always fascinated us, but can anyone be hypnotised? 

Hypnosis has a long and controversial history, with its roots in animal magnetism or mesmerism, the theory developed by 18th Century German doctor Franz Mesmer. He believed he had discovered an invisible natural force possessed by all living things, and that he could channel this ... Show More

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