New directions in forensic hypnosis: Facilitating memory with a focused meditation technique

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-27

  Wagstaff, Graham ^a   Brunas Wagstaff, Joana ^a   Cole, Jon ^a   Wheatcroft, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence and accuracy; Forensic hypnosis; Interviewing; Meditation; Memory facilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; FACE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MEDITATION; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; WITNESS;

EID: 1842556370     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.284     Document Type: Review

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