The truth about hypnosis

A group of multidisciplinary scientists in Finland and Sweden have discovered that strange staring eyes in people in a state of hypnosis can be the answer to help end the debate. extending on the existence of this state.

>>>Decode the mystery of hypnosis

One of the most well-known traits in hypnosis is the wide open eyes with a dull look.

However, this sign has not been respected and has never been studied in detail. The cause may be due to the fact that it only appears in some people when hypnotized.

Eyes in normal state (above image) and when
hypnotized (photo below). (Photo: Finnish Academy)

Research conducted on a group of volunteers showed that the change between trance and normal state only took place within a few seconds.

The team used a method to help monitor the resolution of the eye and perform some actions that make the eye move, creating unconscious reactions from the eyes.

They found that the way of staring and glaring are objectively measurable changes in the process of eye's unconscious reflexes - a sign that people who are not hypnotized will not be able to imitate.

Accordingly, hypnosis can no longer be considered a mental image that takes place in a completely normal state of consciousness.

On the other hand, the results also have certain implications for the field of neuroscience related to psychology and cognition. It provides the first evidence of the existence of a state of human consciousness that was not previously confirmed by science.

Hypnosis has a long history, known from the 1700s and is the subject of many controversies in the areas of psychiatry, psychology and neurology.

For over 100 years, researchers have not yet ended up debating the question of whether or not the existence of a particular hypnosis, or it is simply the use of tricks related to Awareness and mental image in a normal state.

So far, the evidence that hypnosis exists is still not entirely convincing, and therefore, this state is only considered a myth in psychology.

Research has been published in PLoS ONE magazine .