Hypnosis for Memory Improvement
Dr. Steve G. Jones
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Did you know that most Americans have an incorrect understanding of hypnosis as it relates to memory? It’s true – Many of my fellow Americans have beliefs that go against established scientific understandings of how memory and hypnosis are related. For example: A nationally representative sample survey of Americans showed that 55.4% of the United States population agreed that “hypnosis is useful in helping witnesses accurately recall details of crimes.” Unfortunately, that belief simply isn’t correct. In fact, the opposite is true: Courts treat hypnosis-based recollections as untrustworthy. Although hypnosis can lead to more recall by witnesses, it does not lead to more accurate recall.
Widely-accepted beliefs about memory and hypnosis are not just interesting in their departure from decades of scientific research that disputes those beliefs. Popular opinion has the ability to seep into many parts of our lives, and its influence over the use of hypnosis for memory improvement made this particular use of hypnosis extremely popular and widespread in postwar America. The importance of lay knowledge lies in its power to shape how we approach and study the psychological sciences. Many researchers agree that popular psychological beliefs, no matter how wrong, play a significant, even formative role in defining the nature of forensic psychological expertise, and also the framing of elite academic psychological research”
Even today, the influence of popular culture continues to impact the study of the science behind hypnosis and its ability to improve memory. In the scientific community, hypnosis is considered a relatively taboo topic, due to its convoluted history. Because of this, relatively few psychologists and scientists study the link that inevitably exists between hypnosis and its ability to alter, construct and define memories. As an example of the scientific community distancing itself from scientific applications of hypnosis, John F. Kihlstrom, a Berkeley psychologist, carefully limited his definition of hypnosis. He called it “a social interaction in which one person, called the subject, acts on suggestions from another person, called the hypnotist, for imaginative experiences involving alterations in cognition and voluntary action.”
There are, however, are a few psychologists, researchers and scientists who believe that hypnosis has immense potential, beyond its ability to induce atypical experiential states. Unlocking this potential may provide significant insights into cognition, the brain and working memory function. It’s even possible that hypnotic research may have major implications for developing new methods to improve human learning and memory performance.
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Hypnosis for Memory Improvement
Dr. Steve G. Jones
5,782 views
Get the full Better Memory hypnosis audio:
https://stevegjones.com/yt/memory-2
Get your free memory improvement hypnosis mp3 download: https://SteveGJones.com/memory/
Did you know that most Americans have an incorrect understanding of hypnosis as it relates to memory? It’s true – Many of my fellow Americans have beliefs that go against established scientific understandings of how memory and hypnosis are related. For example: A nationally representative sample survey of Americans showed that 55.4% of the United States population agreed that “hypnosis is useful in helping witnesses accurately recall details of crimes.” Unfortunately, that belief simply isn’t correct. In fact, the opposite is true: Courts treat hypnosis-based recollections as untrustworthy. Although hypnosis can lead to more recall by witnesses, it does not lead to more accurate recall.
Widely-accepted beliefs about memory and hypnosis are not just interesting in their departure from decades of scientific research that disputes those beliefs. Popular opinion has the ability to seep into many parts of our lives, and its influence over the use of hypnosis for memory improvement made this particular use of hypnosis extremely popular and widespread in postwar America. The importance of lay knowledge lies in its power to shape how we approach and study the psychological sciences. Many researchers agree that popular psychological beliefs, no matter how wrong, play a significant, even formative role in defining the nature of forensic psychological expertise, and also the framing of elite academic psychological research”
Even today, the influence of popular culture continues to impact the study of the science behind hypnosis and its ability to improve memory. In the scientific community, hypnosis is considered a relatively taboo topic, due to its convoluted history. Because of this, relatively few psychologists and scientists study the link that inevitably exists between hypnosis and its ability to alter, construct and define memories. As an example of the scientific community distancing itself from scientific applications of hypnosis, John F. Kihlstrom, a Berkeley psychologist, carefully limited his definition of hypnosis. He called it “a social interaction in which one person, called the subject, acts on suggestions from another person, called the hypnotist, for imaginative experiences involving alterations in cognition and voluntary action.”
There are, however, are a few psychologists, researchers and scientists who believe that hypnosis has immense potential, beyond its ability to induce atypical experiential states. Unlocking this potential may provide significant insights into cognition, the brain and working memory function. It’s even possible that hypnotic research may have major implications for developing new methods to improve human learning and memory performance.
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More from Dr. Steve G. Jones, Ed.D.
Hypnosis downloads: https://stevegjones.com/yt/downloads
Online hypnosis certification: https://stevegjones.com/yt/certification
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Do not listen while driving or operating machinery.