’” Reading “Shock Induction” will not cause acute cardiac distress. But Palahniuk hopes it opens eyes and short-circuits some mental habits. As part of his writing process, he attended the ...

Hypnosis is a tool with many useful dermatologic applications. It involves guiding the patient into a trance state for a specific purpose such as relaxation, pain or pruritus reduction, or habit ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Some argue that hypnosis is just a trick. Others, however, see it as bordering on the paranormal—mysteriously ...