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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Definitions:

Triplet

A term used in quantum mechanics and spectroscopy to describe a system or state with three closely related energy levels or components.

Multiplet

In spectroscopy, refers to a pattern of two or more peaks that are closely spaced in the spectrum, indicating the presence of equivalent or similar atomic environments.

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a spectroscopic technique that exploits the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei to determine physical and chemical properties of atoms or molecules.

Quartet

In NMR spectroscopy, a signal split into four peaks of specific pattern and intensity ratio, typically arising from a proton coupled to three equivalent protons.