When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The true nature of hypnosis has eluded scientists. It's clear people can be hypnotized, but it's ...

Doubters have argued that when a person is ‘hypnotised’, they are actually fully conscious, but are seeing certain mental imagery because the hypnotist has tricked their mind. However, researchers ...

Though less obvious than giant red swirls in the eyes, a glassy gaze that jumps around in bizarre patterns may mark a fake-proof hypnotic trance, researchers report. Though scientists found this ...

In old movies, a person who was hypnotized (usually with a gold watch swinging from a chain) was completely under the spell of the hypnotist (often a mad scientist with evil intentions). The victim ...