Post-hypnotic suggestion
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A Post-hypnotic suggestion is a behavior or thinking pattern that presumably will manifest after a subject has come out of the so-called "hypnotic state" (see hypnosis
).
According to a psychologist at the University of New South Wales:
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is "a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination."It is a mental state or imaginative role-enactment . It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary...
).
According to a psychologist at the University of New South Wales:
- Hypnosis and posthypnotic suggestion are useful techniques for some problems, for some people, some of the time. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s10874.htm