Effective Hypnotherpay

In this clip (4 of 9), Dr. David Spiegel presents study findings on the brain biology of hypnotizability, including with respect to three major networks in resting-state cognitive activity; the attention control network; and the Stroop effect.

This clip is part of the lecture “Tranceformation: Hypnosis in Brain and Body,” by David Spiegel, M.D., Willson Professor and associate chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.

This lecture, given at the NIH in March 2015 as part of NCCIH’s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series, is included in NCCIH’s Online Continuing Education Series. Free CME/CEU credit is available to health professionals (see http://nccih.nih.gov/training/videolectures).

My husband is a hypnotherapist. This doesn’t mean he can make me do whatever he wants or persuade me to see things his way. Although, when you are married long