If you're especially fatigued or sleepy, it can feel like your body enters an autopilot-like or hypnotic state. You become less alert until you suddenly snap out of it. While under the spell of ...

To study the hysterics under his care, he learned the technique of hypnosis and soon became a master of the relatively new "science." Charcot believed that a hypnotized state was very similar to a ...

For example, when you're driving and don't notice going past a usual landmark, you may be in a state of "self-hypnosis". Hypnotherapy deliberately induces a similar state of heightened relaxation ...

In simple terms, hypnosis is a procedure that helps people imagine different experiences that feel very real. When that occurs, the person can be said to be in a state of hypnosis. Little is known ...

Hypnosis causes measurable changes in brain activity, confirming that it is a real, altered state of consciousness Brain scans show that hypnosis induces deep relaxation, increases theta waves ...

Up to now, we have not had the data to prove whether hypnosis really is an extraordinary state of human consciousness, or simply in the subject's imagination. Yet it remains a topic of fascination ...