In 19th-century France, hypnosis moved from medical experiment to public spectacle, reshaping debates over mind, body, and control.

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Since all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, if a patient is uninterested it does not work. Two years after I first started using hypnosis in my clinical practice, I reviewed the case histories of all the ...

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Three studies at the University of Zurich demonstrate that hypnosis alters activity in the large-scale functional networks of the brain. It also affects the neurochemical milieu of specific brain ...

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 ...

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