Explain the theory behind courts allowing the use of hypnosis to refresh the memory of a witness.

What will be an ideal response?


a. Students responses should include discussion about how hypnosis places an individual in an altered and relaxed state in which the psychological barriers to release painful, repressed memories are removed.

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