Dr. David Spiegel

To be aware of it, okay.

Okay. Now, please take your right hand, pull your left hand back down to the arm of the chair, and then let go.

Okay. Now, please take your right hand, pull your left hand back down to the arm of the chair, and then let go.

Can you describe what that felt like?

Can you describe what that felt like?

That you had to lift it up.

That you had to lift it up.

It felt right. Good. Is that surprising to you? That is very surprising to me, yeah. Good. All right.

It felt right. Good. Is that surprising to you? That is very surprising to me, yeah. Good. All right.

By way of comparison, please raise your right hand. Put that one down. Any difference in sensation?

By way of comparison, please raise your right hand. Put that one down. Any difference in sensation?

Well, I'm here to tell you folks, you're no puppets.

Well, I'm here to tell you folks, you're no puppets.

So you clearly have more control over your right hand than your left. All right. Now, please take your right hand, touch your left elbow, and then let go.

So you clearly have more control over your right hand than your left. All right. Now, please take your right hand, touch your left elbow, and then let go.

Yeah. Now I see that your left hand went back down. Can you describe what that feels like?

Yeah. Now I see that your left hand went back down. Can you describe what that feels like?

So it feels, the sensation is different, but the control is now.

So it feels, the sensation is different, but the control is now.

All right, well, touch your left elbow again with your right hand. Open. Now shake both hands and tell me when the control becomes the same.