PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -A particularly troublesome problem with “hypnotically refreshed” recall is that false recollections are often experienced not as guesses, but rather, as contextually appropriate and meaningful memories. The individual may remember some fragments and create plausible details that fill in the gaps in the narrative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although there is a widespread belief that hypnosis produces accurate memories, researchers found that hypnosis does not work well as a memory-recovery method. In addition, people who have been hypnotized tend to feel confident that their memories are accurate, contributing to the persistence of false memories.

Detailed explanation-3: -A hypnotic state isn’t sleep-brain waves, for example, do not reliably change during hypnosis as they do during sleep. Researchers don’t even agree that hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness.

Detailed explanation-4: -false memory. a distorted or fabricated recollection of something that did not actually occur.