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A basic deception in exhibitions of hypnosis.

Wells Wr
- 01 Apr 1946 - 
- Vol. 41, Iss: 2, pp 145-153
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This article is published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology.The article was published on 1946-04-01. It has received 5 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Deception & Exhibition.

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The problem of hypnotizability: a review.

TL;DR: The relatively unsuccessful effort to relate hypnotizability to sex, age, psychiatric diagnoses, suggestibility, and various personality traits is summarized.
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Magicians on the paranormal : an essay with a review of the three books

TL;DR: A number of conjurors have written books on the paranormal since the 1500s, including those of both skeptics and proponents as discussed by the authors, and lists of magicians on both sides of the psi controversy are provided.
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Experiments in Waking Hypnosis for Instructional Purposes.

TL;DR: The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCHE) is an international association for clinical and experimental hypnosis, not available during the waking state as discussed by the authors, and most U.S. colleges and universities these days offer little nor no formal instruction in it.
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Experiments in the Hypnotic Production of Crime

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe experiments in the hypnotic production of crime in the early '40s and show that it is possible to induce a person to commit a crime without actually committing it.
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Expectancy Versus Performance in Hypnosis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare Expectancy Versus Performance in Hypnosis: Expectancy versus performance in hypnosis, and conclude that the former is superior to the latter by a large margin.