“Focussed attention” is far more wide-ranging than what people talk about, when they talk about hypnosis, including the article that you linked, and even the quote you excerpted from it.
Right now my attention is focussed on composing this comment. Is that “hypnosis”? A couple of days ago my attention was focussed for several hours on a long bicycle ride. (Or to put that another way, I did a long bicycle ride.) Is that “hypnosis”? This evening, my attention will be focussed, for a time, on bell-ringing. Are any of these things “hypnosis”?
I say, no, they are not. The only reason to describe hypnosis as just “focussed attention” is to conceal everything else that is going on.
To know how the magician does the trick, watch his other hand.
“Focussed attention” is far more wide-ranging than what people talk about, when they talk about hypnosis, including the article that you linked, and even the quote you excerpted from it.
Right now my attention is focussed on composing this comment. Is that “hypnosis”? A couple of days ago my attention was focussed for several hours on a long bicycle ride. (Or to put that another way, I did a long bicycle ride.) Is that “hypnosis”? This evening, my attention will be focussed, for a time, on bell-ringing. Are any of these things “hypnosis”?
I say, no, they are not. The only reason to describe hypnosis as just “focussed attention” is to conceal everything else that is going on.
To know how the magician does the trick, watch his other hand.