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Hypnosis: History, Culture, Applications & Research

Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Hypnosis topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Culture, Applications and Research as prominent areas in the source structure around Hypnosis.

Related topics
177
Source areas
13
Connected nodes
194
Extracted relationships
375
Concept neighborhoods
41
Bridge connections
194

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Applications · 45 topics
State vs. non-state · 26 topics
Definition and classification · 21 topics
Historical figures · 15 topics
Related subjects · 14 topics
Overview · 13 topics
Suggestion · 13 topics
Etymology · 10 topics
Modern researchers · 7 topics
Susceptibility · 6 topics
In fiction and popular culture · 4 topics
History · 2 topics
Induction · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

MeSH
D006990

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Etymology

Definition and classification

Induction

Suggestion

Susceptibility

Applications

State vs. non-state

History

In fiction and popular culture

Historical figures

Modern researchers

Related subjects

Bibliography

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Hypnosis connects Entity context

The extracted context around Hypnosis shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Hypnosis → Adam, Animal Magnetism, Association Medical Journal, Autosuggestion, Baudouin, Braid, Braid's Hypnotism, Brann, Certain Forms, Charles Black, Chichester, Co, Coates, Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis, Current Models, Doctors, Dupotet And Lafontaine, Edinburgh, Electro-Biology, Fowler Another extracted example is Hypnosis → Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault, André Weitzenhoffer, Approximately, Both, Braid, Davis, Deirdre Barrett, Dissociaters, Emily Carota Orne, Ernest, Fantasisers, Friedlander, Harvard, Harvard Group Scale, HGSHS, Hilgard, HIP, Hippolyte Bernheim, However, Husband. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Hypnosis

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 82
Hypnosis → Adam, Animal Magnetism, Association Medical Journal, Autosuggestion, Baudouin, Braid, Braid's Hypnotism, Brann, Certain Forms, Charles Black, Chichester, Co, Coates, Contemporary Clinical Hypnosis, Current Models, Doctors, Dupotet And Lafontaine, Edinburgh, Electro-Biology, Fowler
related to Susceptibility · 34
Hypnosis → Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault, André Weitzenhoffer, Approximately, Both, Braid, Davis, Deirdre Barrett, Dissociaters, Emily Carota Orne, Ernest, Fantasisers, Friedlander, Harvard, Harvard Group Scale, HGSHS, Hilgard, HIP, Hippolyte Bernheim, However, Husband
related to Societies · 31
Hypnosis → Academic Hypnosis, American Journal, And, As, ASCH, British Society, BSCAH, BSECH, BSMDH, Clinical, Clinical Hypnosis, David Waxman, Dental Hypnosis, England, Experimental, In, It, London, Medical, Medical Society
related to Induction · 15
Hypnosis → Braid, Braid's, Braidism, However, In, It, Many, One, Robert White, SHSS, Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, The, There, Traditionally, Variations
related to Etymology · 12
Hypnosis → Braid, Cuvillers, English, Franz Mesmer, Félix, Greek, Henin, James Braid, Mesmerism, Scottish, The, These
related to Ideo-dynamic reflex · 12
Hypnosis → Braid, Carpenter, Carpenter's, Clark, Ernest Rossi, Hans Eysenck, Hull, In Victorian, James Braid, The, Variations, William Carpenter's
related to State vs. non-state · 11
Hypnosis → Barber, Braid, Kirsch, Non-state, Overall, Robert White, Sarbin, Spanos, State, The, When Braid
related to Related subjects · 10
Hypnosis → Animal MagnetismScientology, BrainwashingCovert, Cerebral Physiology, Commission, Ego-Strengthening ProcedureIdeomotor, Human Welfare, Journal, Mesmerism, The Zoist, Their Applications
related to Cognitive-behavioural theory · 9
Hypnosis → Barber, Chaves, Daniel Araoz, Hence, In, On, Sarbin's, Spanos, TEAM
related to Neuropsychology · 9
Hypnosis → Another, Changes, EEG, However, It, The, These, They, This

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

hypnotic suggestion state hypnotism suggestions use mind braid theory clinical also subjects induction form hypnotherapy may one research often stage

Hypnosis relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 375 structured relationships around Hypnosis. Examples in this analysis include Hypnosis → MeSH → D006990 and Hypnosis → causes → the subjects to divide their consciousness voluntarily. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HypnosisMeSHD0069901.00infobox
Hypnosiscausesthe subjects to divide their consciousness voluntarily0.90text
Hypnosisis ahuman condition involving focused attention0.90text
Hypnosisis arole that people play0.90text
Hypnosisis abiological capacity.Erickson ... is considered the leading exponent of the position that hypnosis is a special0.90text
Hypnosisis aqualitatively unique state with some physiological and conditioned response components or only a form of suggestion induced by high motivation and a positive relationship betwee…0.90text
Hypnosisis aform of entertainment0.90text
Hypnosisis aform of mind control0.90text
Hypnosisis abroad term for activities involving hypnotic suggestions applied to create arousal0.90text
requests or insinuationsinstance ofverbal suggestions0.80text
metaphorsinstance ofverbal suggestions0.80text
other rhetorical figures of speechinstance ofverbal suggestions0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Hypnosis bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include State, Suggestion and Use. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Hypnosis
    • State
    • Suggestion
    • Use
    • Hypnotic
    • Theory
    • Stage
    • One
    • Also
    • Brain
    • Form
    • Hypnotism
    • Induction
  • hypnosis
    • State
    • Suggestion
    • Use
    • Hypnotic
    • Theory
    • Stage
    • One
    • Also
    • Brain
    • Form
    • Hypnotism
    • Induction
  • altered state of mind
    • Conscious
    • Psychological
    • Idea
    • Use
    • Suggestion
    • Suggestibility
    • Physical
    • Hypnotic
    • Trance
    • One
    • Hypnotism
    • Braid
  • state of consciousness
    • Psychological
    • Suggestibility
    • Physical
    • Hypnotic
    • Trance
    • Suggestion
    • One
    • Hypnotism
    • Braid
    • Different
    • Often
    • Induction
  • hypnotic induction
    • Susceptibility
    • Induction
    • Suggestions
    • Suggestion
    • Trance
    • Responses
    • May
    • State
    • Braid
    • Hypnotism
    • Used
    • Subjects
  • stage hypnosis
    • State
    • Suggestion
    • Physical
    • Conscious
    • Use
    • Hypnotic
    • Theory
    • Stage
    • One
    • Hypnotism
    • Also
    • Brain
  • james braid
    • Hypnotism
    • Idea
    • Conscious
    • Theory
    • Hypnotic
    • Response
    • Trance
    • Suggestion
    • Different
    • State
    • Mind
    • However
  • stanford hypnotic susceptibility scale
    • Induction
    • Suggestions
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    • Trance
    • Research
    • Responses
    • State
    • Braid
    • Susceptibility
    • Hypnotism
    • Used
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Hypnosis, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Hypnosis with Applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
HypnosisApplications · splits 149 ⟂ 46
HypnosisState vs. non-state · splits 168 ⟂ 27
HypnosisDefinition and classification · splits 173 ⟂ 22
HypnosisHistorical figures · splits 179 ⟂ 16
HypnosisRelated subjects · splits 180 ⟂ 15
HypnosisOverview · splits 181 ⟂ 14
HypnosisSuggestion · splits 181 ⟂ 14
HypnosisEtymology · splits 184 ⟂ 11
HypnosisModern researchers · splits 187 ⟂ 8
HypnosisSusceptibility · splits 188 ⟂ 7
HypnosisIn fiction and popular culture · splits 190 ⟂ 5
HypnosisBibliography · splits 191 ⟂ 4
HypnosisHistory · splits 192 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Hypnosis

Nodes195
Edges194
Triples375
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010256
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Hypnosis to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Culture, Applications & Research, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Hypnosis · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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