Hypnosis versus relaxation

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Research Article
Hypnosis versus relaxation: accuracy and confidence in dating international news events
Joseph P. Green 1, Steven Jay Lynn 2 *
1Ohio State University, USA2State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
email: Steven Jay Lynn (slynn@binghamton.edu)
*Correspondence to Steven Jay Lynn, Psychology Department, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13905, USA.
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Abstract
This study compared participants who were administered either a hypnosis (n=50) or a relaxation (n=44) recall priming procedure in terms of the ability to estimate the dates of 20 relatively memorable (easy) vs. less memorable (difficult) international news events. The hypnosis and relaxation groups performed comparably in terms of the accuracy of estimates of when the events occurred, self-reported confidence in estimates, and the memorability and emotionality of the events that were reported during hypnosis and relaxation. After these initial ratings, participants were informed that at least one of their estimates was incorrect, and they were given the opportunity to change their estimates of the date of when one or more of the events occurred. Participants who generated their initial estimates during hypnosis were less likely to change their previous estimates of both easy and difficult events, than were participants in the relaxation condition. The measure of self-reported confidence and a behavioural measure of willingness to change initial reports were largely dissociated from one another. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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