Hypnosis: that's just a fun gimmick for stage shows and plot twists, right? Well, turns out there might be more to it. Learn more about amnesia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcKgL2su5ug Hosted by: Michael Aranda Special Thanks to Elliot Moore for his pocket watch. ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to James Harshaw, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_inquiring_mesmer.html http://libraries.mit.edu/collections/vail-collection/topics/animal-magnetism/ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/science/this-is-your-brain-under-hypnosis.html?_r=0 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scans-show-how-hypnosis-a/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypnosis-memory-brain/ http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/treatment/hypnotherapy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2272860 http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm/PDFfiles/Hypnotizability/SHSSC%20Script.pdf https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/baba-shiv-how-wines-price-tag-affect-its-taste https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15231582?dopt=AbstractPlus http://www.pnas.org/content/102/28/9978.full.pdf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627307009828 http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/99/17/1280.long http://www.asch.net/public/generalinfoonhypnosis/faqsabouthypnosis.aspx http://www.papelesdelpsicologo.es/english/1699.pdf https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-function-of-t-1997-12-22/ http://www.pnas.org/content/105/3/1050.full Image Sources: http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-old-wizard-with-gray-hair-and-beard/609691634/popup?sq=hypnotist%20magician/f=CPIHVX/s=DynamicRank https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BuddhaTriadAndKushanCouple.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_mesmer.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_large_gathering_of_patients_to_Dr._F._Mesmer%27s_animal_Wellcome_V0016530.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Braid,_portrait.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corpuis_callosum.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EEG_cap.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eeg_theta.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1206_FMRI.jpg