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Researchers have studied patients in a hypnotic state and have discovered that there are no significant physical changes in the bodies of their subjects. The patients bodies only seem to be relaxed and slowed down all throughout the hypnotic process. Using an electroencephalograph (EEG) to measure their brain waves, doctors found a change in the rhythms of electrical voltage. Their findings suggest that the brain waves of the patients under the trance state are similar to those in a deep sleep state, which are of course different from the normal waking state. It has been concluded from these studies that the subconscious mind takes over the normal conscious one during hypnotherapy sessions.

The activities in the cerebral cortex during hypnosis were also studied. It was noted that the activities in the left hemisphere of the cortex were less compared to the activities that happened in the right side. It has been well documented that according to neurologists the left hemisphere controls one’s logic, deduction and reasoning while the right hemisphere takes charge of a person’s imagination and creativity. For the duration of the hypnotic state researchers accept the fact that the right brain dominates the left brain because the subconscious mind is being accessed.

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