Measurement

3 articles

Hypnotic Suggestibility Scales: What They Measure and What They Don't

November 2, 2026

What a hypnotic suggestibility score is actually made of, why it may measure suggestibility more than hypnosis, why two identical scores can hide different people, and how little it predicts clinical outcomes.

What Is Hypnotizability? How It’s Measured and What It Predicts

April 7, 2026

What hypnotizability means, how scales measure it, how stable it is, whether training changes it and how well it predicts who benefits from hypnosis.

The Stanford and Harvard Hypnotizability Scales: What They Measure

March 26, 2026

How the Stanford and Harvard hypnotizability scales work, what they measure, their strengths and limitations and what scores predict.