People have been hypnotized to see color where only shades of gray exist, and to see gray when actually looking at brightly colored rectangles. That result wouldn't be so surprising at a carnival or stage show, but it comes from a tightly controlled scientific experiment done at a Harvard University medical facility. Researchers separately hypnotized eight people as they layin a scanning machine that recorded activity in their brains. These subjects then tried to drain bright color from pictures, or see color where none existed. They also attempted to do the same thing when not hypnotized. The records of cerebral activity clearly show that hypnosis can change the state of the brain. To read the rest of this article

This is an excellent article, which proves that hypnosis does affect the state of the brain, which only confirms what my experience as a hypnotherapist has been with my clients.  Sadly  the scientists who conducted this experiment, found out first hand how uptight the established scientific community is about hypnosis when they tried to get their findings published.  According to them they, "had great difficulty in getting their research published. Two of the world's largest scientific journals wouldn't publish the results."



 


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