While Hypnosis Does Not Enhance the Accuracy of a Memory

question 541

True/False

While hypnosis does not enhance the accuracy of a memory, it does increase a subject's confidence in the accuracy of a memory, even if the memory is completely false.

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Flynn Effect

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