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Database: PsycARTICLES
[ Journal Article ]
Some characteristics of posthypnotic amnesia.
Williamsen, John A.; Johnson, Harold J.; Eriksen, Charles W.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol 70(2), Apr 1965, 123-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0021934

Abstract

  1. This experiment investigated (a) the differences in post-hypnotic amnesic characteristics of Ss with high and low hypnotic susceptibility and (b) the extent of the amnesia. The experimental Ss were presented 6 words under hypnosis with instructions for amnesia. The simulation Ss pretended they were hypnotized and received the words with instructions for posthypnotic amnesia. The control Ss were given the words with instructions only to remember them. Recognition, recall, and associative tests, administered immediately after, assessed the amnesia. Posthypnotic amnesia impaired recall and recognition among the experimental Ss, but did not reduce the availability of the words as associative responses. The simulating Ss overplayed their amnesic role and also showed impaired performance on the associative tests. (15 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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