hypnotism

[azassabi]

Has hypnotism been proved by science that it works and already been regarded as an specific branch of science?

[beso]

It is still controversial but hypnotism is reasonaly well accepted as a genuine type of brain state.
No doubt there are people out there getting hypnotised in MRI machines and we will hear about it soon.

[mallam]

Id be very surprised if that hasnt been done already. I have seen brain scans of all sorts of brain states dsicussed. Anyone going to look into it?

Er, perhaps I should have put an apostrophe in that Id.

[jno]

no, let your Id run wild, mallam

[Verix]

Having read Derron Brown's book and as a hypnotist 'hynotised' me once i'm fairly confident that it's not real. By real i mean that someone cannot simply be hypnotised into doing the bidding of others. Generally hynotism involves a lot of relaxation techniques and using participants who are willing the system to work.

It is also ridiculously easy for someone to become registered as a hymotiist so i'd say it's a long way off from becoming a fully accepted form of medical treatment or anything along those lines.