A new brain-scan investigation indicates that one type of hypnotic suggestion may literally change the way people see the world. A group led by Amir Raz of Columbia University studied 16 adults, ages ...

Professor Wolfgang Miltner, has been working on the phenomenon of how the brain makes hypnotic states possible, for decades. "First, we looked more closely at the processing of visual stimuli." In an ...

New research demonstrates that hypnosis -- the process of focusing a person's attention on a specific task or sensation -- can turn a normally difficult visual task into a far easier one by helping ...

Few terms possess the magnetic allure of hypnosis. It instantly evokes images of powerful, altered states of consciousness. Yet, despite its widespread recognition, considerable confusion remains ...

You’re driving along a desolate stretch of highway and note a road sign announcing your destination is 62 miles away. The next thing you know, you’re blinking at another sign, one that says you have ...