The Night That Lasted A Lifetime
Hidden Brain
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Is Hypnosis in Criminal Trials a Good Idea?
There's rising concern that one method of getting at the truth may in fact be undermining that pledge. Researchers have come realize that memory is not just fallible, but is almost always reconstructed. It's unclear how many people have been convicted on the basis of hypnosis to day. Seventeen states still allow hypnotically induced testimony even though most psychologists in the idea memory does not work like that....
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