REST is a very interesting area. One colleague of my advisor, a guy named Barabasz, did some very interesting work in that area, he looked at EEG, and REST, and observed changes in attentional processing and hypnotizability over time. However changes were only temporary.
larry At 03:04 PM 12/3/02 -0500, you wrote: >One of my papers in experimental was on REST and learning. Brainwash your >friends to learn better. :) > > > > Can't say the same about myself. My dissertation was on attentional > > processing and hypnotic susceptibility. To get an adequate sample size > > (equal number of people who were highly, moderately and not very > > hypnotizable) we assessed about 2000 people on their responsiveness to > > hypnosis. It worked out to be around 500 people per semester. > > > > Then after the initial screenings I had to reassess the 160 people on a > > more complex and demanding hypnotizabilty measure. Eventually I ended up > > with about 40 in each of the high, medium and low hypnotizable groups. Then > > I had to do the actual study, (more on that some other time). > > > > The funny thing of it was is that after I learned and was certified in > > hypnosis, I ended up not being very responsive to it. It wasn't that > > anything changed, I just got too critical of the techniques being used. > > > > larry > > > > At 04:24 PM 12/2/02 -0500, you wrote: > > >On a mundane level I can alter the list software to never send a post from > > >me to > > >you and I can alter the archives to generate a thread that's missing > all of >my > > >posts. A bit of work, but well within the abilities of the code. > > >As for Judith's comment, I'm a total innocent and have never hypnotized >anyone > > >for any reason but good. Just ask my vict.. patients. I mean patients, >they're > > >patients. > > > > > > > > > > > Do you really want me to? truly? You know, I'm very good at what > I do. >;) > > > > > > > > > > > > You can make me ignore you? > > > > Judith, is this true? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
