Hypnosis used to reverse synesthesia in laboratory conditions

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Permalink Reply by Bill Kennedy on September 30, 2010 at 12:09pm

From the article:

Perhaps the most important thing to know about hypnosis is that not everyone is hypnotisable to the same extent: countless research studies have shown that we each differ in our susceptibility. Most people can experience their arm feeling light or heavy at someone else's suggestion, a few less can feel as if movement is being prevented on command, and only a minority – about 10% of the population – experience changes in the workings of perception, memory and thought.

My view - how is that the "most important thing"? It isn't even true! 100% of the population experiences changes in perception, memory and thought, even without hypnosis!

And, can we get rid of the word "susceptibility"? It is emotionally loaded, suggesting weakness.

As to the rest of the article - cool!

Bill

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Cole-NLPTrainingQuest.com on September 30, 2010 at 3:30pm

Very interesting. I especially like the analogy/experience of the "Stroop effect".

"Tell me and I'll forget, show me and a may remember, involve me (give me an experience) and I'll understand" ~ Chinese proverb.

Great article!

Kevin

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