Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you have someone watch you do this and they can see the “whites” of your eyes as you close your eyelids, chances are you can be pretty easily hypnotized.
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If you have someone watch you do this and they can see the “whites” of your eyes as you close your eyelids, chances are you can be pretty easily hypnotized.
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The ability to look upwards (only slight head tilt) & close your eyelids (while maintaining upward gaze) is a reliable measure of hypnotizability.
If your eyes roll forward as the eyelids shut, probably less so.