Are you hypnotizable? Chantell Williams, with National Geographic’s Youth Radio, recently sought that answer about herself and turned to Stanford’s David Spiegel, MD, for help.
A psychiatrist who uses hypnosis to treat patients for things like pain and phobias, Spiegel published an imaging study last year showing how the areas of the brain associated with executive control and attention tend to have less activity in people who can’t be put into a hypnotic trance compared to those who can be. This means, Spiegel told me then, that hypnotizability is “less about personality variables and more about cognitive style.”
Noting that hypnosis is “literally the oldest western conception of a psycho-therapy,” Spiegel discusses his work and the science behind the therapy in a podcast with Williams. As for whether Williams had success with self hypnosis, you’ll just have to listen.
- See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/06/25/exploring-the-science-of-hypnosis-with-stanfords-david-spiegel/#sthash.v0fprOw8.dpuf
If you would like to find more about how Birmingham Hypnotherapy Clinic can help you for problems such as anxiety, confidence, low self esteem, hypnobirth, gastric band hypnosis, sports performance hypnosis, weight loss hypnosis, sexual problems contact Birmingham Hypnotherapy Clinic.
A psychiatrist who uses hypnosis to treat patients for things like pain and phobias, Spiegel published an imaging study last year showing how the areas of the brain associated with executive control and attention tend to have less activity in people who can’t be put into a hypnotic trance compared to those who can be. This means, Spiegel told me then, that hypnotizability is “less about personality variables and more about cognitive style.”
Noting that hypnosis is “literally the oldest western conception of a psycho-therapy,” Spiegel discusses his work and the science behind the therapy in a podcast with Williams. As for whether Williams had success with self hypnosis, you’ll just have to listen.
- See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/06/25/exploring-the-science-of-hypnosis-with-stanfords-david-spiegel/#sthash.v0fprOw8.dpuf
If you would like to find more about how Birmingham Hypnotherapy Clinic can help you for problems such as anxiety, confidence, low self esteem, hypnobirth, gastric band hypnosis, sports performance hypnosis, weight loss hypnosis, sexual problems contact Birmingham Hypnotherapy Clinic.
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