> It's not clear whether the results extend beyond religious leaders, but Schjødt speculates that brain regions may be deactivated in a similar way in response

> It's not clear whether the results extend beyond religious leaders, but Schjødt speculates that brain regions may be deactivated in a similar way in response to doctors, parents and politicians. Could this be how hypnosis works? Patients for whom hypnosis is effective have a mental model of 'the power of the hypnotist', and effectively anaesthetize their critical thinking faculties to follow the hypnotists commands?