Andrew Huberman· PhD
We know that the peak period of hypnotizability in the human life, is the latency years in childhood.
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We know that the peak period of hypnotizability in the human life, is the latency years in childhood.
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And then when, what Piaget called, a more adult cognitive framework, where we learn abstract concepts, we learn that even if one bottle looks bigger than the other, they can have equal volume. And so, we at imposing logic, we're growing our DLPFC at that point and imposing cognitive structure on experience. Some people start to lose that hypnotic ability. By the time you're in your early 20s, your hypnotizability becomes extremely fixed.