If you’re like most people, your idea of hypnosis comes from the movies or TV. You might think that hypnotherapists can use hypnosis to control your mind and make you do things you wouldn’t otherwise ...

The closest I came to serving on a jury was 20 years ago. When I was summoned for jury duty, my initial reaction was that it would be incredibly difficult, as it would require me to take time off from ...

This 200-year-old treatment can be effective for a variety of conditions, but it does take work. By Hannah Seo In the 1770s, a German physician named Franz Mesmer made a splash when he said he could ...

The proof-of-concept study suggests it might be possible to boost the effectiveness of hypnosis for health conditions like chronic pain. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers at Stanford University say ...

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 ...

When you think about hypnosis, what do you visualize? For many, it’s a clock-swinging magician or a comedy act that forces an unwitting volunteer to make embarrassing public admissions on stage. But ...