Reducing and reversing pseudomemories with hypnosis

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 178-191

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a   Cole, Jon ^a   Wheatcroft, Jacqueline ^a   Anderton, Amanda ^a   Madden, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand characteristics; Expectancies; Misinformation effect; Pseudomemories; Response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849180428     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.366     Document Type: Article

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