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“ALLLEGED HYPNOTISTS” –>
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-[hypnosis] is a ‘state’ of ‘human consciousness’ involving ‘focused attention’, ‘reduced peripheral awareness’, and an ‘enhanced capacity’ to respond to [suggestion]-
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(the term may also refer to an ‘art’, ‘skill’, or ‘act’ of inducing ‘hypnosis’)
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(theories explaining what occurs during ‘hypnosis’ fall into 2 groups) –>
(“‘altered state’ theories” see ‘hypnosis’ as an ‘altered state of mind’ or ‘trance’, marked by a level of ‘awareness’ different from the ordinary ‘conscious state’)
(in contrast, “‘nonstate’ theories” see ‘hypnosis’ as a form of ‘imaginative role enactment’)
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(during ‘hypnosis’, a person is said to have heightened ‘focus’ and ‘concentration’)
(the person can concentrate intensely on a specific ‘thought’ or ‘memory’, while blocking out sources of ‘distraction’)
(‘hypnotised subjects’ are said to show an increased response to ‘suggestions’)
(‘hypnosis’ is usually induced by a procedure known as a ‘hypnotic induction’ involving a series of ‘preliminary instructions’ and ‘suggestion’)
(the use of ‘hypnotism’ for ‘therapeutic purposes’ is referred to as “hypnotherapy”, while its use as a form of ‘entertainment’ for an ‘audience’ is known as “stage hypnosis”)
(‘stage hypnosis’ is often performed by ‘mentalists’ practicing the ‘art form’ of ‘mentalism’)
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