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 ...

When I tell people, and I love telling people, that I was hypnotized recently, they immediately envision me up on a stage acting nuts. Then, usually, they ask if I remember anything about the ...

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 ...

We’ve all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A hypnotist selects a few members from the audience, and with what seems to be little more than a steely stare or a few choice words, they’re ...

Hypnosis has been a subject of interest for well over a century and it has been used since the beginning of civilization. In the past it was just a trance or a dream state, a ritual dance or perhaps ...