I know a thing or two about hypnosis and the academic research on it ("interesting link" points to a post on my blog ).
There are definitely large, tasty, and low hanging fruit to be found - and the results generalize well to "non hypnosis" (whatever that means). There are relatively few smart minds pushing these boundaries, so the marginal impact of another one could be big.
If you (or anyone else) want to chat about it, PM me and we can do google chat or skype or something.
I will probably take you up on that offer at some point, but first I'd just like some suggestions for good overviews of the field. I saw your resources page, but I haven't followed the links much yet. What I am most interested in is well-designed experiments demonstrating surprising outcomes.
For example, I've seen stage hypnotists put up an "invisible wall" that hypnotized subjects cannot cross, and then offer them large amounts of money if they can cross it, which they are then unable to do. This seems huge, and directly contradicts what I often...
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