Term
hypnosis
A state of focused attention in which a person is more open to suggestion. Doctors were fascinated by it in the late nineteenth century, and Le Bon took it as an image, not as a proven explanation of crowd behaviour.
The Crowd, Gustave Le Bon
Explained in
- The Crowd, Gustave Le Bon
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan
A special state of mind in which a person is highly open to suggestion. Memories that surface under hypnosis can be false.
- Hypnosis. Suggestion. Telepathy, Vladimir Bekhterev
A special state of consciousness in which a person may be noticeably more susceptible to suggestion. Bekhterev considered it a modified form of sleep; today this view is usually not shared.