Animals are faster than us, stronger than us, and now dogs, at least, are gaining the ability to understand speech. Want to keep the human race from being eaten alive? Reassert your dominance with ...

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 ...

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If you want to amaze an audience and pack the house, whether it’s a Las Vegas show lounge or a college campus, invite a stage hypnotist to perform. Before TV reality shows hit their current all-time ...

Not everyone is able to be hypnotized, and new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows how the brains of such people differ from those who can easily be. The study, published in ...

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 ...

Self-hypnosis is a process that involves using certain techniques to enter a hypnotic state. While in a state of intense relaxation, people often try to visualize certain goals. Self-hypnosis has its ...