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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: ScientificSorcerer on 05/03/2014 06:24:58
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Hypnotism
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Dilated eyes vs constricted eyes, which is more hypnotic and why?
I read of a technique where someone can learn to dilate there eyes on command, in-order to become slightly more hypnotic how and why would doing something like this have any hypnotic effects?
I also read of a more complex technique which involves dilating and constricting the pupil rapidly which is supposed to have even greater hypnotic effects. look at this link describing these techniques.
http://mindcontrol101.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-dilate-your-pupils-at-will.html
What I want to know is "WHY" doing something like this is hypnotic.
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In the absence of exogenous drugs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna#Cosmetics), dilated pupils means they are pleased to see you ...
... Polt's pupils enlarged most dramatically when a picture of a nude woman flashed before his eyes, leading Hess to hypothesize that sexual arousal stimulates the pupils. Further experimentation found heterosexual people's pupils dilated when staring at opposite-sex nudes, whereas homosexual participants exhibited that pupillary response when looking at same-sex nudes, offering further confirmation of a link between sexual interest and dilation ...
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/love-make-pupils-dilate.htm
So people with dilated pupils deserve more attention than would otherwise be the case.
Contact lenses would be a a more practical and safer option than trying to override your autonomic nervous system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_nervous_system) ...
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Her Majesty should buy a pair of those contacts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians#David_Icke) [:)]