Facilitated Communication shown again not to work
The Belgian Skeptics organisation SKEPP tested the much publicised claims that the Belgian coma patient Rob Houbens was able to communicate using the controversial facilitated communication technique. In short, evidence points to the facilitator, not Rob Houbens, being responsible for any meaningful typed sentences. While meaningful answers to questions were typed with Rob Houben's eyes closed, only gibberish resulted if the eyes of the facilitator were shielded. The Belgian Skeptics were rightly concerned that, especially if Mr Houben has some limited consciousness, the procedures imposed on him must be frustrating, especially "to hear all the bogus messages being produced in his name, without any possibility to protest".
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Hypnosis: The Modern Scientific Perspective
The aim of this paper is to acquaint the reader with current scientific knowledge and understanding of the nature of hypnosis.
Prologue
Go into any large bookshop nowadays and you will most likely find that their shelves are liberally stocked with books about hypnosis and its numerous applications. Pick out any such book at random, open it anywhere and look anywhere on the page. The chances are that what you are reading is plainly wrong, is misleading, is questionable, has little support, or requires significant qualification for it to be accepted as a valid statement.
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