Franz Anton Mesmer, the First Practitioner of Hypnosis, Believed That

question 191

Multiple Choice

Franz Anton Mesmer, the first practitioner of hypnosis, believed that the effects he produced were due to

• A) the power of suggestion.
• B) animal magnetism coming from his body.
• C) telepathy.
• D) suppression of activity in the cerebral cortex by the hippocampus.

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