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    J Exp Psychol Appl. 2002 Mar;8(1):26-32.

    Immediate and persisting effects of misleading questions and hypnosis on memory reports.

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    Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA.

    Abstract

    Immediate and persisting effects of misleading questions and hypnosis on memory reports were assessed. After listening to a story, 52 highly suggestible students and 59 low and medium suggestible students were asked misleading or neutral questions in or out of hypnosis. All participants were then asked neutral questions without hypnosis. Both hypnosis and misleading questions significantly increased memory errors, and misleading questions produced significantly more errors than did hypnosis. The 2 effects were additive, so that misleading questions in hypnosis produced the greatest number of errors. There were no significant interactions with level of hypnotic suggestibility. Implications of these findings for the per se exclusion of posthypnotic testimony are discussed.

    PMID:
    12009174
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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