hypnosis

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The poetry seems to perform hypnosis, the found rhymes and assonance and anaphora enacting an enchantment, a bewitchery; it seems to be giving subconscious advice.

From New York Times

But what Dr. Connors is doing, which involves sounds and hypnosis, impresses a bunch of suits who attend his little demonstration.

From Salon

The show combines hypnosis and improv for a unique comedy experience.

From Seattle Times

He keeps his cabin temperature cool, at 63 degrees, to “keep an edge” and stave off “highway hypnosis” — a loss of attention that can be fatal.

From New York Times

Steven Jay Lynn, a psychology professor at Binghamton University in New York, said Malone’s argument that a group can “literally become hypnotized and can be led anywhere” is premised on a myth about hypnosis.

From Seattle Times