by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
NOTES Complete title is “Aphorismes de M. Mesmer: Dictes a l’assemblee de ses Eleves, dans lesquels on trouve ses principes, sa theorie et les moyens de magnetiser; le tout formant un corps de Doctrine, developpe en trois cents quarante-quatre paragraphes,...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Whitehouse, Wayne G.; Dinges, David F.; Orne, Emily C.; Orne, Martin T. (1988). Hypnotic hypermnesia: Enhanced memory accessibility or report bias?. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 289-295. Laboratory studies of hypnotic hypermnesia have yielded inconsistent evidence...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Regarding possible harm to a hypnotic subject in the 19th century, a young man’s death was attributed to nervousness and exhaustion and diabetes due to repeated hypnosis. Other studies of death (of chickens, of a frog) due to repeated hypnotization were...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
RESULTS When given 3 choices, the number of misleading items endorsed dropped from .7 to 0.4 which is the most robust finding in the study and affects the rest of the study. Many Ss who endorsed the items reported minutes later that they had no memory for the event...
by Joe | Feb 19, 2016
Authors discuss three fantasy styles: 1. Positive constructive daydreaming 2. Guilt / fear of failure 3. Poor attentional control. Fantasy style has been related to many personality variables, usually based on questionnaires. They examined subjects in hypnosis and...
