Hi Richard, thanks for your comments.

This is not really about whether something is done ‘better’ when hypnotised or not – which, incidentally, would be incredibly difficult to quantify and measure – but simply that the brain was shown to respond to hypnotically hallucinated imagery in the same way as if it were exposed to the real thing, and that at other times, when using hypnosis totally different parts of the brain are at work – leading many to consider this to be evidence that hypnosis is it’s own entirely unique entity.

Hope that explains, have a fabulous day 🙂

If I understand rightly, you are saying that for the given task, a hypnotised mind was able to do it (as measured by brain activity) ‘better’ than an unhypnotised mind using imagination?

I think this raises interesting questions about the relationship between imagination and hypnosis, and also suggests, to me at least, that any kind of visualisation practice is better done in a trance state?

Best wishes,

Richard