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In a report on hypnosis for the British Psychological Society, hypnosis was defined as:
An interaction between one person, the “hypnotist,” and another person or other people, the “subject” or “subjects.” In this interaction, the hypnotist attempts to influence the subjects’ perceptions, feelings, thinking, and behavior by asking them to concentrate on ideas and images that may evoke the intended effects. The verbal communications that the hypnotist uses to achieve these effects are termed “suggestions” (Heap et al. 2004). Autosuggestions refer to suggestions that are self-administered, while the “classic suggestion effect” entails that responses elicited by suggestions are experienced as involuntary and effortless (Heap et al. 2004).
Verbal suggestions to relax and focus attention, typically administered in a standardized way as a “formal induction procedure,” are...
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Deeley, Q. (2013). Hypnosis. In: Runehov, A.L.C., Oviedo, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_1455
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