Derren with amputee

[nizam11222]

wow... i know he influences the man to think what he wants.. but imagine the kind of happiness that amputee felt.... he is a very nice man as well ;P

[asiankevind]

"Now I know when you shake your head that's gonna be you thinking 'no, I can't do it,' so think more in terms of, 'yes I CANDLE it.'" +Roll playing, Roll... smooth... Pretty straight forward stuff, Mr. Shoehorn. jeeez....

[megagirlyo93]

psychology=pwns 

[xXrerunitXx]

good catch finalwish7 xD

[soulmman]

Vilayanur Ramachandran has proven that it's possible to remove a phantom limb pain though.. He had this technique with a box and a mirror. It's also seen in a House MD episde. He spoke about it at the TED conference.

[gameman250]

Would've been funny if Derren pounded the spot where the hand was drawn...

[JaySoKnown]

I wish they would have kept the camera on the guy with no arm.

Because the camera was aiming

in different places and no one can

see his face when Derren told him

to look away, how would we know

if he's looking at the object in his

imaginary hand?

I was just pointing that out.

[simon2133]

err, because his eyes were closed?

[JaySoKnown]

@simon2133

I think you didn't catch my drift...

[simon2133]

If it were fake then would he simply just remember the items?

[JaySoKnown]

@simon2133

I never said it was fake, I'm just saying,

the camera went off his face many times

and every time he put an item on the table

the camera always went off his face every

time, they should have kept the camera on

his face and the item, the whole show...

To prove that Derren is a professional.

[monkeybizwak]

@JaySoKnown Derren.IS.professional...he.in­fluenced.that.guys.mind.that`s­.all....master.of.NLP

[JaySoKnown]

@monkeybizwak

I KNOW.. wtf, I said PROVE that he is, anyone can say "oh yeah, he's a professional.", that doesn't mean It's true, if they would have kept the camera in one place on the guy with no arm, then It would have been MORE believable.

[pixarpianofreak]

@JaySoKnown GET yourself educated. just because he doesn't do the criss angel one camera shot thing should not mean he is A fraud. rather, the camera movements and colors add entertainment value. and derren himself even denounces any real LIFE psychic powers of abilities daily.

[kemicza]

He should've shouted at the end.. AHHHH!!!!!!! FUCKING SCARYY OMG, WHAT THE FUCK?!!??!!?

[FinalWish7]

2:38 'an imagiRING sensation' ??? maybe???

[nigelquest]

ROLL-playing game

[ErosTheGreat]

can do it... when derren says it sounds like

candle it

[antivert]

It's quite common for amputees to feel sensation in their missing limb. I imagine it doesn't take much suggestion to cause it to happen.

[katandanna]

i'd love to believe that this was at least partly to do with phantom feeling & nerves & stuff, it's a shame if it's all down to other methods like emphasizing words etc.

[ABlackbirdOnline]

Although he got the candle wrong, somebody has already noted that Derren places emphasis on the word 'role', sounding like 'roll' - something cylindrical. Also, he mentions temperature and repeats the word 'can', suggesting 'candle'. He also reinforces the subject's suggestion that it's smooth. Still amazing though, just shows that he's influencing the amputee to choose certain words.

[Bigturns33]

Another thing he may have done is hypnotize him before hand and given him buzz words so that his subconscious would pick up on what he said and what it would represent. He puts him back into that relaxed trance state by first talking with him building report and then having him close his eyes and such. This is my guess. There was probubly hypnotic prep work. The second one he was very close on and the subconscious didnt fully pick up the buzz words.

[nizam11222]

@ABlackbirdOnline

I agree with what ur saying... however those suggestions are too vague... however i can see this being acheived only if derren brown can manipulate the energy feild of other people... for example by drawing it out he influenced that mans energy feild to be recreated at tha place of the arm... which is amazing...

[02615]

Simple. He use sublimal suggestions in his sentences in his words. He already said 'something cool and hard...' after he place the cup.

He already hypnotised the amputee before the show.

[Rybot9000]

If it is just trickery it might have something to do with the cross-wiring of sensory cortex. In amputees the face becomes cross-wired with the hand. Touching an amputees face gives them sensation in their phantom limb. My guess is this plays on the ability of unconscious intuition. Subcortical nuclei. The representations are elusive by nature. In other words, he may have intuitively known what it was through other senses and tricked to thinking it was his hand feeling it.

[aceshakazu]

I think sound played a big part it. he could hear the ceramic hit the table. then derrens suggestions also helped.

[jonathandavidfinch]

Watch it closely...Derren takes great care to set down the cup as slowly as possible.

[JLMA00]

Showing that he wasn't giving any clue due to the sound of the item, that's the only reason he has done that

[taylerdurden14]

I DONT THING THE REASON ARE MANY TRIES: maybe realy the suggestions?

[novarainnoval]

that was great, but I've got to wonder how many times Derren tried the game with the amputee. A case of probability perhaps?

[0SoWhat0]

wow that was great

[azlanamckechnie]

3:38 " a ROLL playing game playing the ROLL" maybe? coz the candle is cylindrical...just an idea.

[Barwee]

He got it wrong anyway so that doesn't really matter.

[jonathandavidfinch]

Are you really that stupid,

or are you just being funny?

[zugimon21]

any ideas on this one?

[Russianger]

wow didn't figure out this one yet