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Hypnosis alters how you process information, study finds 

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How hypnosis changes your BRAIN: Getting put under alters how you process information and causes neural regions to act independently of each other, study finds Researchers examined the brain of one person in and out of a hypnotic state They identified changes to the structure of the brain while under hypnosis This included regions of … Read more

Loneliness alters neural ‘maps’ of the brain, study shows

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Neural activity in our brain can show whether we are experiencing loneliness, scientists say.   US researchers claim sociable people show similar ‘stamps’ of brain activity when they think about themselves and their friends. In comparison, brain activity in lonely people is more skewed, leading to more dissimilar activity patterns when they think about themselves and … Read more