Are high hypnotizables especially vulnerable to false memory effects? A sociocognitive perspective

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-326

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a   Wheatcroft, Jacqueline M ^a   Jones, Anna Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EYELID CLOSURE; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; MEMORY; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETY; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958114216     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2011.570658     Document Type: Article

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