10 Most Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Proves Hypnosis Is Real

6. It Can Help Improve Your Memory

Right, one more for you Paul McKenna and then you can pack up your snake oil and get out of here. A favourite of the self-help brigade is promising that they can improve your memory - make you better at giving speeches, make sure you never lose your keys, that sort of thing which actually affects people and their day to day life.

Nowadays it's in vogue to tell people to construct a Sherlock-style "memory palace" in your head, a familiar space where you store each important memory in a specific room or location.

Turns out you needn't go to all of that mental strain to help you remember birthdays; you could just get hypnotised. This is one that nobody can ever seem to agree on, and it probably doesn't work for everyone, but there is research to suggest that hypnosis can improve your memory.

Again, it's all about unlocking a part of your brain that you previously had trouble accessing, or simply couldn't. It makes perfect sense hypnosis would help.