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Don’t expect to see a typical male nude from GIUSEPPE RISERBATO. His photography is rarely just a man standing in front of a camera. Intricate staging, carefully constructed settings, dramatic lighting and elaborate poses turn each image into something closer to a carefully composed tableau.
![Pause for laughter. From [Watkins 1947].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7o3gpx6vx6h7plykux7fkk6/bafkreifngcscnl7bk5k5nqnkz7ibjusdzixqu2fflkudygimkvc6kswmuq)
![(Continuation.) Those military men are putty in his hands. From [Watkins 1947].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7o3gpx6vx6h7plykux7fkk6/bafkreibnqozgrbohwrw6zam6lctpy2upvywmya7fbzfkysfyxrywhvtesq)
![Difference in pre- and post-test behavioural HGSHS [12 items] scores. The "hypnotic instruction" is a short informational tape based on [Gorassini 2002]'s very condensed version of CSTP. It contains "information designed to dispel common misconception about hypnosis" and instructions "to make each suggested response (not just wait for it to happen); and to simultaneously adopt each suggested depiction of reality." The control group was given word search puzzles to occupy their time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7o3gpx6vx6h7plykux7fkk6/bafkreictq5e4hnqfl73elq4qgzqgoqbd7myvn4zv63ui6qw5e4yecshdou)
![Difference in pre- and post-test felt involuntariness HGSHS [12 items, rated 0 = "not at all involuntary" to 3 = "involuntary to a great degree"] scores. The "hypnotic instruction" is a short informational tape based on [Gorassini 2002]'s very condensed version of CSTP. It contains "information designed to dispel common misconception about hypnosis" and instructions "to make each suggested response (not just wait for it to happen); and to simultaneously adopt each suggested depiction of reality." The control group was given word search puzzles to occupy their time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7o3gpx6vx6h7plykux7fkk6/bafkreihpdkw4e2vujj46r6vbdjxjgxko54rrlqfmosee3s33zezbciz3qm)
![Pre- and post-training stats for the experimental groups. CURSS is a 7-item scale. Objective scores reflect behavioural response (e.g. the subject's arm rose a certain amount) [7 pts], subjective scores report experienced response to suggestion (e.g. the subject's arm felt light) [21 pts; each item is scored between 0 and 3, 'not at all' to 'to a great degree'], and objective-involuntariness scores report successful behavioural responses that felt involuntary to the subject [7 pts]. In the main treatment group, "Information + Model," pre- and post-training averages increased greatly: objective scores, from 2.3 to 5.3; subjective scores, from 6.2 to 11.1; involuntariness scores, from 0.9 to 3.2. The control group did filler tasks for the same duration (objective scores fell 2.2 to 1.5), and the 'Practice alone' group just practiced more hypnotic suggestions for the same duration (objective scores unchanged).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e7o3gpx6vx6h7plykux7fkk6/bafkreidj4ssyqdulcl2ngnbl664dxt24kx4lyldipt3jknumyw3alat6bi)
