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This page originally consisted of a fairly dated Encyclopedia Britannica entry. I've added a little more, and plan to continue, with the aim of linking suggestion much more substantially with the entry for hypnosis. They are very much two sides to the same coin; the process of hypnosis consists of responses to a combination of intstructions and suggestions. Separation of hypnosis and suggestion allows for a deeper understanding of classic debate between 'state' and 'nonstate' perspectives of hypnosis, allowing for research of non-hypnotic suggestibility. I'm aiming to keep the entry firmly based in the scientific literature which has a lot to say about. I have a feeling (hope) it will be easier to keep the psychobabble out of the suggestion entry than for hypnosis. (MWhalley 01:06, 31 January 2006 (UTC))[reply]

“Modern scientific study of hypnosis” does not accept “trance” as “essential factor”

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The text states that “Modern scientific study of hypnosis, which follows the pattern of Hull's work, separates two essential factors: "trance" and suggestion”. After reading the excellent and nuanced article on Hypnosis, one finds that there is no consensus at all between scientists that a specific hypnotic state (“trance”) exists in the first place, this is the central theoretical disagreement regarding hypnosis ( "state versus nonstate" debate). Also it is suggested that if it exists at all, state has a rather limited effect on the outcome. That “suggestion” is the only other “essential factor” is also subject to debate, some modern theories of hypnosis would say otherwise. --2.109.65.174 (talk) 10:46, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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CITS me techer bne ya b-tech ke baad software Engineer 2409:4051:4E9B:D53E:0:0:8F88:E810 (talk) 07:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]