Hypnosis is as effective as standard behavioral counseling in helping smokers quit and stay off cigarettes for one year, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Hypnosis can serve as a valuable adjunct to certain kinds of psychotherapy, says Steven Lynn, professor of psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York. But not everyone responds ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered how to use magnetic pulses to more easily induce hypnosis, a fascinating study published in the journal Nature Mental Health claims. To be clear, the ...

This is the subject of controversial debate in the scientific community, and the results considerably expand our understanding of hypnosis. In addition, there is generally little consensus about the ...

Hypnosis has been a subject of interest for well over a century and it has been used since the beginning of civilization. In the past it was just a trance or a dream state, a ritual dance or perhaps ...

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 ...

Hypnosis is a genuine psychological therapy process. A trained hypnotist or hypnotherapist induces a state of intense concentration or focus to help you open up to therapeutic improvement. It’s often ...

Hypnosis appears to be more effective for men than women in helping them quit smoking, recent research suggests. Analyzing 18 previous studies on hypnosis involving 5,600 smokers, Joe Green, the study ...

Hypnosis has been a subject of interest for well over a century and has been used since the beginning of civilization. In the past, it was just a trance or a dream state, a ritual dance, or perhaps ...

KEARNEY — Hypnotist Jim Wand knows his way around Kearney. His show at 8 p.m. today at the Ponderosa Room of the Nebraskan Student Union marks his 30th consecutive annual appearance at the University ...

For this edition of Flashback Friday, we have John A. Keel’s 1981 article: “Hypnotism: Learn Animal Magnetism at Home in Your Spare Time and Enslave the World.” As you read this literary masterpiece ...