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A 2012 review of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies showed that subliminal stimuli activate specific regions of the brain despite participants' unawareness, [4] a result corroborated in a meta-analysis from 2023 [5] concerning subliminal stimulation in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Past life regression (PLR), Past life therapy (PLT), regression or memory regression is a method that uses hypnosis to recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations.
Brainwashing [a] is the controversial idea that the human mind can be altered or controlled against a person's will by manipulative psychological techniques. [1] Brainwashing is said to reduce its subject's ability to think critically or independently, to allow the introduction of new, unwanted thoughts and ideas into their minds, [2] as well as to change their attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Interpersonal Deception Theory (IDT) attempts to explain the manner in which individuals engaged in face-to-face communication deal with actual or perceived deception on the conscious and subconscious levels. IDT proposes that the majority of individuals overestimate their ability to detect deception.
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In psychoanalysis and other psychological theories, the unconscious mind (or the unconscious) is the part of the psyche that is not available to introspection. [1] Although these processes exist beneath the surface of conscious awareness, they are thought to exert an effect on conscious thought processes and behavior. [2]
Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), [2] reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.
The adaptive unconscious, first coined by social psychologist Daniel Wegner in 2002, [1] is described as a set of mental processes that is able to affect judgement and decision-making, but is out of reach of the conscious mind.