As my Social Influence and Communication students know, for decades and decades advertisers have been looking for a magick bullet or holy grail of persuasion that allows them to maximize their effectiveness in controlling consumer behaviors while governments have been…
Influence
Hypnosis in the News, Influence
Exposure Therapy Makes Things Less Scary — by altering your brain
by Brian David Phillips •
Tim Barribeau takes a look at exposure therapy. Exposure therapy is the practice of exposing people to things they fear in small doses, and it has helped vast numbers of people get over their phobias. But why? Now, a new…
Influence
The Apparition pretends Supernatural Entities are a Matter of Belief
by Brian David Phillips •
In the no-duh department, the upcoming film The Apparition slips into the realm of belief as what empowers supernatural entities . . . essentially, if you believe in the big bad thyng then it can kill you. We’ve seen this…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Religion
Religion can Improve Your Self-Control — even if you don’t believe in God or the gods
by Brian David Phillips •
Robert T. Gonzalez discusses new studies that determine that religion can improve your self-control — even if you don’t believe in God which is a fascinating exploration. Think your beliefs preclude you from being influenced by religious thoughts? Think again.…
Hypnosis in the News, Influence, Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis
Boston Police looking for Street Hypnotists who stole $160,000 Cash
by Brian David Phillips •
Boston police have put out a warning about three young Chinese women who it is claimed walked up to an elderly woman who did not know them and then hypnotized the woman to go to her home and put US$160,000…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Eroticatrance, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Special Features
The MAGICK 1000: Hypnotic Lessons from the Russian Boob Grabber
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, so some of you may have seen the video floating around of a Russian fellow touching the breasts of 1000 women . . . it’s a countdown as he works his way to 1000 women’s breasts he touches. The…
Animations, Eroticatrance, Influence, Metaphysical Hypnosis, Special Features
Folding Multiple Orgasms into One Another and into Themselves to create Pretty Damned Awesome Orgasmic eXperiences!
by Brian David Phillips •
Now, imagine you have one orgasm coming up over the pleasure horizon . . . now . . . imagine you can take that orgasm and you can slow it down . . . you don’t slow down the intensity,…
Animations, Eroticatrance, Influence, Special Features
A Woman’s Orgasms are in Her Head
by Brian David Phillips •
You’ve heard it here before but with each new study, it seems to be that science is finding more and more evidence that it is so. Researchers suggest that the brain is the secret to female sexual satisfaction. Here’s an…
Animations, automatisms and ideomotor effect, Experiential Trance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism, Metaphysical Hypnosis, Special Features
Troxler Effect and Monsters in the Mirror
by Brian David Phillips •
I know you’ve seen ‘em . . . in the bathroom at night, looking into the mirror and you notice the reflection looking back at you doesn’t seem right . . . there’s something off about that face, it’s staring…
Eroticatrance, Influence
Angry Underground World of Failed Pickup Artists
by Brian David Phillips •
It looks like Jezebel has discovered the secret underground world of the anti-PUA, folks who’ve paid for seminars only to fail at picking up girls . . . an underground community of PUA-guru bashing and more: The goal of the…
Influence
Creepy People Try To Seem Normal But Fail
by Brian David Phillips •
From the moment he steps onscreen in the 1960 thriller Psycho, Norman Bates gives audiences the goosebumps. The hotel manager-turned-serial killer just seems, well, off, maybe because he’s trying so hard to appear normal. Now a new study suggests that…
Influence
How to Spot a Scoundrel: Fidgeting and Trust
by Brian David Phillips •
“Imagine the original job interview. The first one ever, back on the prehistoric savannahs of eastern Africa. It wouldn’t have been exactly like a modern job interview, because early humans had no resumes or Linked-In or letters of recommendation to…
Influence
Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking
by Brian David Phillips •
People often describe creative thinking in the form of metaphors. We talk about "thinking outside the box," "putting two and two together," and "seeing both sides of the problem." But what if we could boost our creativity by taking these…
Influence
William J. Bennett misses the Point
by Brian David Phillips •
William J. Bennet has written an intriguing piece on how he believes “hookup culture is degrading to women” but he misses the point on the nature of entertainment media and the portrayal of certain consenting adult activities. The culture of…
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis Q&A, Influence, Special Features
Weird Psychological Truths that seem Politically Incorrect
by Brian David Phillips •
Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely. Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to…
