Verb (used with object) : The speaker hypnotized the audience with his powerful personality. ,The headlights hypnotized the deer and it just stood staring at the oncoming car. From Dictionary.com.
People who are highly hypnotizable seem to be especially prone to becoming multiple personalities. From Wordnik.com. [Mental Illness] Reference
Eight of the study participants scored as highly hypnotizable and eight scored as less hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
In another study, highly hypnotizable people were shown a black-and-white pattern and asked to see color. From Wordnik.com. [ALTERED STATES] Reference
As a rule, the more "absorbed" a person is able to get in things -- movies, sunsets, daydreams -- the more hypnotizable he is. From Wordnik.com. [ALTERED STATES] Reference
Finding that my patient was easily hypnotizable, I promised to extract the tumor in a painless manner and without the use of chloroform. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
Highly hypnotizable individuals had better accuracy and quicker reaction times compared to those previously identified as being less responsive to hypnosis. From Wordnik.com. [One step closer to Mind Control | Impact Lab] Reference
The imaging data indicated that the hypnotizable subjects showed reduced brain activity in both visual areas and the anterior cingulated cortex, which is involved in conflict monitoring. From Wordnik.com. [One step closer to Mind Control | Impact Lab] Reference
Last year, Stanford University psychiatric researcher David Spiegel used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to watch changes in brain function in volunteers who were highly hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
In previous work, Amir Raz and his colleagues at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University had illustrated that hypnosis could be used to reduce this conflict in highly hypnotizable individuals. From Wordnik.com. [One step closer to Mind Control | Impact Lab] Reference
People who describe themselves as more trusting of others tend to be more hypnotizable, says Spiegel, while those who are very logical and never take anything at face value tend to be less hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [ALTERED STATES] Reference
It makes sense that people with imaginative thinking and naivety will be hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
Pearson suggests that people with higher levels of intelligence are more hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
Also, the researchers found that those who were more hypnotizable also had less blood loss during the surgery. From Wordnik.com. [NaturalNews.com] Reference
Pearson suggests that individuals with a pre-founded interest in learning more about the mind are more hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
According to Dr. Spiegel, even those who are moderately hypnotizable would benefit from these exercises; and seemingly, he was right. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
Auguste Voisin alone believed in its power, and he was obliged to admit that only ten per cent of the mentally deranged were hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Most of the qualities described are moderate versions of what actually occurs under hypnosis, making hypnosis the extreme state of imagination, motivation, openness, and trust for hypnotizable people. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
Dr. Liébeault estimates the proportion of hypnotizable persons at 95 per cent; other scientists are content with a smaller proportion, 50 to 60 per cent; Dr. Bottey admits for women a proportion of only 30 per cent. ln short, the Nancy experts have greatly exaggerated the figures by including in their statistics all cases, both the slightly marked and the complete. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
"Every magnetizer is aware that certain individuals never can induce sleep even in the most easily hypnotizable subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
Not all persons are equally hypnotizable. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
(4) While most people are categorized as having some response to hypnosis, small percentages are classified as 'highly hypnotizable,' or cannot enter the trance at all. From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange] Reference
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