Showing posts with label Dr. David Spiegel. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Stanford Researchers Explore "Reality" of Hypnosis


Is hypnosis real or simply a person’s desire to play along with the hypnotist?

That question was tackled head on in a new study published last week by researchers at Stanford University.  The article below published by the New York Times is a good write-up of the findings, which I suspect will lead to more exploration of this topic.

Stanford's Dr. David Spiegel
Stanford’s Dr. David Spiegel, one of the researchers, told the New York Times, “I think we have pretty definitive evidence here that the brain is working differently when a person is in hypnosis.”

New York Times (July 29, 2016)