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LIVE EVENT Q&A: Dr. Andrew Huberman at Beacon Theatre in New York

Huberman Lab

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How Does Hypnosis Work?

For all the breathing stuff, it can be made very simple. If your exhales are longer and more vigorous than your inhales, you're going to get calmed down. Hypnosis also takes advantage of this really weird kind of cool feature: when you look up, while not moving your head, you actually are engaging circuits in your brainstem that generate alertness. When you look down in your eyes, close the opposite is true. You're engaging circuits in the brain that are taking you into a calmer state.

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