Posted by geekUK on May 23, 2001, at 21:56:02
In reply to Re: Marie...-geek, posted by Kristi on May 22, 2001, at 0:09:08
> > Im sorry I have to agree with noa,
> > hypnotherapy has been shown in some studys to create memorys. One classic study involves Participants veiwing a video and then undergo hypnosis and are asked questions. one example from a 'bank robbery' film was "What was the numberplate of the getaway car?" Some peolpe gave some indication they saw it but couldnt make it out, some even gave a few letters + numbers to the experimentor- The licence plate was never in the film. The memory was created. You could try and search 'Psychology'+'Eye witness memory'+ 'hypnosis to read more. I was never that interested in it so I cant help more. Hypnosis is something I would not do personally. Before you do make sure you trust the therapist as suggestion will create memorys. possibly try other methods. and definitly review some litrature. If you get hypnotherapy you may come to the conclusion that the memorys cant be fully trusted and this will probably also make it harder to get to real memorys underneath. If you run into problems getting the right reading material put up a post and I'll try to lend a hand. oh well to bed perchance to sleep
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> Thanks for your offer in helping to find the right reading material. Very nice of you. That's a pretty "wow" story about the liscence plate..... Hmmmmm. Thanks, Kristiyeah, I know its a pretty story, but seriously I would worry about the possibility of having some unreliable memorys that you could never know if they were true, but I guess thats the same with all memorys.
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