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Increasing contextual pressures to breach posthypnotic amnesia.

W C Coe1, A S Sluis

  • 1Department of Psychology, California State University, Fresno 93740-0011.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|November 1, 1989
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Social pressure effectively breaks posthypnotic amnesia in highly susceptible individuals. Voluntary control over recall influences the ability to resist or breach hypnotic amnesia under pressure.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Hypnotherapy Research

Background:

  • Posthypnotic amnesia is a phenomenon where individuals cannot recall information or events experienced during hypnosis.
  • Understanding factors that influence the breaching of posthypnotic amnesia is crucial for both clinical and theoretical applications of hypnosis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of social pressure in overcoming posthypnotic amnesia.
  • To differentiate between voluntary and involuntary control over recall in susceptible individuals under amnesic conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Participants highly susceptible to hypnosis and posthypnotic amnesia were identified.
  • Experimental group subjected to increasing social pressure (honesty instructions, lie detection, video playback) before amnesia removal cue.

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  • Control group received standard questioning without pressure conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Nearly all participants in the experimental group breached their posthypnotic amnesia.
    • Only participants with voluntary control over recall breached amnesia in the control group.
    • Social pressure significantly increased the likelihood of breaching amnesia.

    Conclusions:

    • Strong social pressures are highly effective in overcoming posthypnotic amnesia, even in highly susceptible individuals.
    • The capacity for voluntary control over recall plays a significant role in breaching amnesia, particularly under less intense conditions.