Irving Kirsch is a leading figure in the field of psychological science who has advanced our
understanding of hypnosis in key respects that have withstood the tests of time and …

In hypnotic responding, expectancies arising from imaginative suggestion drive striking
experiential changes (eg, hallucinations)—which are experienced as involuntary …

Hypnosis and meditation share phenomenological and neurophysiological features, and
their comparison is a topic of growing interest in the scientific literature. In this article, we …

Reports of experiences of ownership over a fake hand following simple multisensory
stimulation (the 'rubber hand illusion') have generated an expansive literature. Because …

Study participants form beliefs based on cues present in a testing situation (demand
characteristics). These beliefs can alter study outcomes (demand effects). Neglecting …

Hypnotizability, one's ability to experience cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical
changes in response to suggestions in the context of hypnosis, is a stable neurobehavioral …

Phenomenological control is the ability to generate experiences to meet expectancies.
There are stable trait differences in this ability, as shown by responses to imaginative …

In recent years, evidence linked hypnotizability to the executive control and information
salience networks, brain structures that play a role in cognitive conflict resolution and …

In two experiments, we examined the potential impact of demand characteristics in violent
video game (VVG) research. Study 1 (N= 788) measured behavioral aggression, while …

We welcome the discussion generated by our study 1 examining the relationship between
trait response to imaginative suggestion (phenomenological control) 2 and measures of the …