Students in my Communication and Broadcasting Journalism courses at the university present readings of selected poems as part of the Poetry Recital Project. The poems were chosen by the students and had to be of one to two minutes in length. To my students: you should watch the video of yourself and note strengths and…
We all know advertisers attempt to influence us . . . it’s pretty much their bread and butter. How do they influence us? What’s one of the key mechanisms for influence? How to advertisers get us to actually care about their products? To feel as if they are much more important than they actually are?…
Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods according to a study presented at CHEST 2007,the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be nonsmokers…
As many regular readers here know, over the past twenty-five or so years, I’ve been regularly teaching a course in Literature and Film at National Chengchi University in which I guide the students into critical analysis of how filmmakers translate literary works into cinema. When a filmmaker decides to adapt a literary work into film,…
Researchers at Mount Sinai find cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis reduces fatigue in radiotherapy breast cancer patients. Breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy showed decreased fatigue as a result of cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis (CBTH), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The study, titled, “Randomized Controlled Trial of a…
The February Hypnotic Video Challenge at the Society of Experiential Trance is for the theme of WALKABOUT TRANCE STREET HYPNOSIS which explores playful use of trance and hypnosis out and about in the real world. This month’s challenge is for participants to go out into the world and perform some Walkabout Trance or Street Hypnosis.…
In the Nice to See You’re Catching Up as We’ve Pretty Much Known This All Along Department, the folks at med news are reporting that the British Psychological Society has officially declared hypnosis a proven therapeutic medium to curb stress, anxiety, pain, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, and migraines (they are following a Fox News report).…
Yes, this is very much on the kind of neat side of things . . . you can create the illusion of depth in your animated gif files by adding a couple vertical lines and then editing some layers so that some elements seem to pass through. Yes, it’s a bit more work . .…
Yep, it’s another episode of one of our favorite series! Here we go again and again and oh yes again . . . now, imagine you’ve worked with your consenting adult partner and have discovered some rather more than a whole lot wonderful experiences and you’ve decided to play a bit of a game. You…
New age gurus suggest that we can heal ourselves by simply changing our minds, but is this concept grounded in cold, hard science? Lissa Rankin, MD explores the scientific literature, reviewing case studies of spontaneous remission, as well as placebo and nocebo effect data, to prove that our thoughts powerfully affect our physiology when we…
Regular readers will remember that we’ve seen several renditions of the original HYSTERICAL LITERATUREseries and you can re-watch them via the Orgasmic Response Hysterical Literature post category at https://briandavidphillips.net/category/hystericalliterature – quite a few previous entries, actually. The original series, conceived of and directed by Clayton Cubitt, now has it’s very own new home on the…
Lorraine, yep, twenty-one years . . . married . . . twenty-five years together . . . tells me a few things . . . one, we’re not getting much younger . . . two, my students are right and I’m really old . . . three, I still love you . . . tons…
Regular readers here are already familiar with the concept and effectiveness of a Placebo, but did you know there’s actually such a thing as a SLEEP PLACEBO? Yep, it’s a real thing. A new study suggests that there’s such a thing as the “sleep placebo” effect. Just believing you’ve gotten a good night’s sleep is…
In a recent piece at the Guardian, Chris Chambers discusses the changing face of psychology and how after 50 years of stagnation in research practices, psychology is leading reforms that will benefit all life sciences. While you take a look at his discussion, keep in mind that much of what Chambers outlines can also be…
