Some anxiety before tests is useful, as it can help motivate a student to prepare and help them remain careful during a test (Porcelli & Delgado, 2017). However, when anxiety becomes too great, it can ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A University of New Mexico professor is trying to help students with their anxiety before a huge test, with hypnosis. The idea is getting mixed reactions from students. He ...

Hypnosis is an effective treatment for pain for many individuals but determining which patients will benefit most can be challenging. Hypnotizability testing requires special training and in-person ...

Hypnotizability testing requires special training and in-person evaluation rarely available in the clinical setting. Now, investigators have developed a fast, point-of-care molecular diagnostic test ...

While under hypnosis, the test participants had to react on various symbols. In order to observe brain activity, the participants were linked up to an EEG. In this way, the psychologists were able to ...

Writing for The Conversation, David Acunzo, an assistant professor in the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, examines when and why hypnosis may be used ...