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October 17, 2003

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. Is hypnosis a marvelous psychological tool or mere fakery?

    A. Experts can't even agree if it's a bonafide altered state of consciousness or just a mood of relaxed suggestibility with subjects unconsciously playing along so as not to "spoil the act," says Dennis Coon in "Introduction to Psychology: Exploration and Application."


     
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