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Published online 9 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040906-18
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Brain scans show hypnosis at work
Trance impairs brain's ability to plan one's own actions.
From the BA Festival of Science, Exeter, UK.
A brain-imaging study has shed light on why some people are more susceptible than others to hypnosis.
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