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Recall of Witnesses Under Hypnosis

✍ Scribed by G.F. Wagstaff

Book ID
104119334
Publisher
Elsevier
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
654 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0015-7368

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✦ Synopsis

A critical evaluation is given of recent reports which suggest that hypnotic induction may be used to induce a special "state" which facilitates the witness recall in police investigations. Evidence is presented which suggests that hypnotic phenomena may be usefully viewed in terms of more familiar psychological concepts such as obedience, conformity, relaxation and imagination, and that this conceptualisation has implications for the development of techniques for improving witness recall. It is proposed that progress will be maximised by concentrating on features of the hypnotic situation such as reminiscence, relaxation and the use of cognitive strategies for recall rather than assuming that hypnotic induction per se is a prerequisite of recall improvement.

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