I don't know about you, but I've always been terrified of being hypnotized. Sure, it looks cool — but I'd be scared of revealing some deep, dark secret, like my double identity or the fact that I ...

The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 92, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 193-214 (22 pages) Hypnotic deafness was suggested for 1000 Hz tones presented in random orders at seven intensities between 17 and ...

Ernest R. “Jack” Hilgard, the Stanford psychology professor who helped make hypnosis respectable as a medical tool and four decades ago led development of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale to ...

Study participants became more easily hypnotized after paddles placed against their scalp delivered two 46-second rounds of electrical pulses to a precise location in their brain, researchers reported ...

A team of researchers from the StanfordUniversity School of Medicine has identified key areas of the humanbrain that, under stimulation, could make a person more susceptible to hypnosis. Clinical ...

Last summer, at age 14, Sue Jones suffered from stabbing pains in her abdomen that got so intense, "I couldn't walk." She spent three weeks in a wheelchair while doctors ruled out everything from ...

Imagine yourself lying on an operating table in a humid hospital tent near abattle front during the Vietnam War. Writhing in agony, you plead with the medics to give you something to relieve the pain ...

Hypnosis for pain management, anxiety and behavioral disorders Medical hypnotherapy today is most commonly used for pain management, treatment of anxiety or ...