Here you go saladinsmith. You should enjoy the following article as it is a refutation of two studies that demonstrated hypnosis was counterproductive in learning.
The reasons I chose this article, are
-1- because it is pro hypnosis and controversial, making it IMO a fun read and;
-2- maybe our inexperienced NLP amateur that wants to find the secret sauce so he can make money, might learn how to conduct a literature review. Many people make the mistake of going to the beginning and working forward. Instead, you find the latest research and work backwards. Unfortunately there is no easy button in conducting a literature review.
This article includes an absolutely fantastic reference to Dale's work in 1972 where he claims 9 or so reasons for the use of hypnosis in education. He gives 4 absolutely hilarious personal opinions as to why schools would not use hypnosis. Hospitals? Sure, they use it, but educators see it as witchcraft as dangerous magic, lol.
I appreciate Dale's efforts and some of his claims have proven to have some merit. I guess if you throw enough spaghetti at a wall, some will stick.
Anyway, the article complains about the methods used by those researchers that demonstrated hypnosis was ineffective. That, of course, is one of two options any researcher has available. Either conduct your own study or attack your opponents study. Politics as usual in 2014.
If you go to the references, you will find all sorts of articles in support of hypnosis. But, pull up the two studies that demonstrated hypnosis was ineffective and go to their references. What do you think you will find? All those articles that you are not finding in your Google search. Researchers place articles in the reference section that supports their view.
http://www.qllab.org/Publications/Hypno ... is2014.pdfI hope you enjoy and appreciate that there is still a movement to find useful application for hypnosis in education. It is not that the effort is dead, rather findings to date have been less than fruitful. Effect sizes (if/when reported) are just not big enough to make the use of hypnosis a practical intervention, it is not because it is believed to be witchcraft or magic. There are other educational interventions proven more effective such as chunking or scaffolding, etc.
The OP wants an "easy button" and sees hypnosis as the easy way out. He doesn't want to use scaffolding, chunking or other learning strategies as that is work, it is effort. As the OP put it, he must practice, practice, practice. He also doesn't want to put in the effort to learn, rather go into a forum and have people give him the answer he wants to hear.
As I stated, hypnosis has value. I don't really care if it is suggestibility or placebo termed semantically as hypnosis, there is undoubtedly positive benefits that a person can derive from the practice. Reduction of test anxiety for instance.