However, they said that some forms of amnesia may be a consequence of the “preretrieval memory abort” mechanism their findings revealed. Thus, hypnosis may at least partially model such forms ...

Movies have distorted hypnosis to seem like an ideal tool to corrupt moral people for evil. Hypnosis can lead to false memories, amnesia, and falling asleep, but not as portrayed in "Hypnotic." ...

The findings also suggested that some forms of clinical amnesia may model hypnosis by resulting from a similar abort mechanism. The researchers added, however, that further studies will be needed to ...

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