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 ...

Hypnosis is a practice that many men look at as being shrouded in secrecy, almost like a mystical art or magic trick reserved ...

Let’s test your knowledge of hypnosis. Answer the following true/false questions: Hypnotized participants display blind obedience to the clinician, such that participants respond to suggestions ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes people to have recurrent unwanted or unreasonable thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or make them feel driven to do something repeatedly (compulsions).

Three studies at the University of Zurich demonstrate that hypnosis alters activity in the large-scale functional networks of the brain. It also affects the neurochemical milieu of specific brain ...