Hypnotization: Article Analysis

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The article depicts about Hypnosis and the ways how the person can be hypnotized or can’t be hypnotized. There are several things in research article which are similar to course material while some of them do not relay. So, I would like to critique them one by one by ample supportive examples and statements to support this article.
At the outset, hypnosis means a procedure in which the practitioner suggests changes in the sensations, perceptions, thoughts, feelings, or behaviour of the participant. First of all, hypnosis does not increase the accuracy of memory. In these cases, the hypnotized witnesses have been completely mistaken to memories. By this, it also get increases in errors because hypnotized people are more willing to guess than

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