What Is a Systematic Review?
What systematic reviews and meta-analyses are, how they work, what makes one trustworthy, and how to read them in hypnosis research.
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False Memories and Hypnosis: What the Evidence Shows
What experimental research shows about how hypnosis affects memory accuracy, confidence and the creation of false memories.
Hypnosis as an Adjunct to Medical Treatment: What the Evidence Shows
What the evidence shows about using hypnosis alongside medical treatments for pain, nausea, anxiety and recovery, and where it has the strongest support.
Hypnosis Combined with CBT: What the Evidence Shows
What the evidence shows about combining hypnosis with CBT, what the Kirsch meta-analysis found and why the question is harder to answer than it looks.
Audio Recordings vs Live Sessions: What the Evidence Shows
What research shows about hypnosis audio recordings compared with live therapist sessions, why the gap between market and evidence is so large.
Blinding Problems in Hypnosis Trials
Why blinding is difficult in hypnosis research, how this affects trial validity and what strategies researchers use to compensate.
Demand Characteristics in Hypnosis Studies
What demand characteristics are, how they affect hypnosis research and why controlling for them is especially difficult in this field.
Does Hypnotic Depth Matter for Outcomes?
What research shows about whether deeper hypnosis produces better clinical outcomes, and why the concept of depth is harder to define than it seems.
What Brain Imaging Shows During Hypnosis
What fMRI and other neuroimaging studies show about brain activity during hypnosis, what is established and what remains uncertain.
Can Everyone Be Hypnotized? What the Evidence Shows
What research shows about who can and cannot be hypnotized, how hypnotizability is distributed and why it matters for clinical outcomes.