http://mindhacks.com/2010/04/21/hypnotising-lobsters-etc/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2010/04/21/hypnotising-lobsters-etc/#comment-4931 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:14:41 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/hypnotising-lobsters-etc/#comment-4931 As far as I know, this has nothing to do with hypnosis. Though, I’ve never tried it myself, but I’ve been told at medical courses that the vagus nerve passes at the back of the neck near the sides relatively close to the skin, and by massaging the area you can stimulate it, and increase the parasympathetic system activity.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/04/21/hypnotising-lobsters-etc/#comment-4930 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:37:26 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/hypnotising-lobsters-etc/#comment-4930 Max Walker – former Australian test medium-pace bowler, turned author and raconteur – published a book in 1987 called “How to hypnotise chooks”. The method he recounts in the book is, from memory, similar to the one described in this letter.
He went on to write a series of similarly absurdly titled books.
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1299971

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