RE: Articles on serotonin and hypnosis

2001-06-20 Thread Maxwell Gwynn
Paul: Did you recover that memory under hypnosis? ;-) As far as I remember (and according to the subscriber list), Mike Nash is not now (and may never have been) a member of this list. There is a nice debate about the article taking place on a hypnosis list to which I belong. There's also

RE: Articles on serotonin and hypnosis

2001-06-20 Thread Paul Smith
Maxwell Gwynn Did you recover that memory under hypnosis? ;-) As far as I remember (and according to the subscriber list), Mike Nash is not now (and may never have been) a member of this list. But I was so certain! How could I be wrong?! There must be something wrong with the list

Articles on serotonin and hypnosis

2001-06-19 Thread Sue Frantz
other antidepressants and electroschock also increase neurogenesis in rats. In the July 2001 issue of Scientific American the cover story is titled You Will Buy This Magazine: Shattering Myths about Hypnosis. Haven't read this article yet, but a quick glance tells me

RE: Articles on serotonin and hypnosis

2001-06-19 Thread Paul Smith
Sue Frantz wrote: In the July 2001 issue of Scientific American the cover story is titled You Will Buy This Magazine: Shattering Myths about Hypnosis. Haven't read this article yet, but a quick glance tells me that this is probably a good overview of what is currently known about

James Braid did not coin the term hypnosis?

2000-06-02 Thread Jeff Ricker
In virtually every book I have ever read that has discussed hypnosis, it has been stated that James Braid coined the term. In a book that I have just about finished (Macmillan, 1997), it seems that another claim is being made. Let me quote from Note #1 on page 666 of Macmillan (1997): "Like

Re: James Braid did not coin the term hypnosis?

2000-06-02 Thread David Likely
Jeff Ricker wrote: In virtually every book I have ever read that has discussed hypnosis, it has been stated that James Braid coined the term [hypnosis]. Well, David Hothersall [History of Psychology, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1995] has it slightly differently. "the term hypnosis is gene

hypnosis

1999-02-25 Thread Nina Tarner
We were discussing hypnosis in my General Psychology class yesterday and a student said that he can initiate conversations with his roommate while his roommate is asleep. I asked if he was talking about talking in his sleep and he said no because he was the initiating the conversation

Re: hypnosis

1999-02-25 Thread maxwell gwynn f
Nina: I think that it's safe to say that this is not at all like hypnosis. Hypnosis involves a fully awake, actively engaged, and purposeful "participant." It is not any sort of "half-asleep" state. I would tend to be sceptical about the "conversations" held w

Re: hypnosis

1999-02-25 Thread RICKER
Maxwell Gwynn stated in response to Nina Turner's question: I would tend to be sceptical about the "conversations" held while the room-mate was asleep. My guess would be that the room-mate is either not asleep, or your student was exagerating the extent to which the room-mate was engaged in

Re: hypnosis

1999-02-25 Thread Jeff Bartel
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, maxwell gwynn f wrote: I would tend to be sceptical about the "conversations" held while the room-mate was asleep. My guess would be that the room-mate is either not asleep, or your student was exagerating the extent to which the room-mate was engaged in active

Re: hypnosis

1999-02-25 Thread Nina Tarner
Jeff, Who knows...maybe it is a K-State thing. Anyway, my student did mention that the asleep person will speak the truth. This person supposedly said some things they would never have said otherwise. Nina

Placebo effects/warts/hypnosis

1999-02-15 Thread Pollak, Edward
to reproduce better within a narrow temperature band. Changes in blood flow (and/or horme secretion) have also been suggested to explain the effectiveness of hypnosis in increasing breast size. I tell my students that it is not derogatory to consider hypnosis to be the :"grand-daddy of all p

Re: Placebo effects/warts/hypnosis

1999-02-15 Thread GWALKERG
I agree with Dr. Pollak. My friends in pharmacy say that placebo is the strongest medicine there is--that's why they have to go to such lengths to separate its effects from the chemicals. Gene Walker

Re: placebo, hypnosis, warts

1999-02-14 Thread Jeffrey Nagelbush
I hypnosis actually helps get rid of warts, does anyone have an notion of the mechanism that is involved? Jeff Nagelbush Ferris State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

placebo, hypnosis, warts

1999-02-13 Thread David
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, on the topic of hypnosis, Rick Froman went: Really? Even warts? Can anyone comment on this? And on Fri, 12 Feb 1999, on the topic of hair restoratives, Stephen Black went: But there's a catch. Rick's data is insufficient to determine whether the placebo really