What Hypnosis Does to the Brain
Posted by Keith Livingston on July 6th, 2005 filed in Hypnosis in the News
What Hypnosis Does to the Brain
Fox News Channel
By Miranda Hitti
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Specialized MRI brain scans showed less activity in two areas of the hypnotized brain.
The first area is involved in visual processing. The other may be important in handling conflicts, say the researchers.
That could mean that the brains of highly hypnotizable people were more accepting of the instructions, say Michael Posner, PhD, and colleagues.
