Eyes reveal true hypnotic state (NewScientist.com)

Eyes reveal true hypnotic state for the first time

For over 100 years, researchers have debated the existence of a true hypnotic state, marked by physiological changes in the brain and resulting in behavioural changes in the body. To show that this state isn't something a person can pretend to experience, Kallio compared the unblinking stare of the woman in this video with those of 14 control subjects who were instructed to attempt to recreate the changes in pupil size, blinking rate, and fixated vision that she displayed.

"They tried to mimic the eye movements we saw during hypnosis but they weren't able to do that accurately because they were reflexes," Kallio says. "Changing your pupil size isn't something people have a skill to do."

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