posthypnotic amnesia
Noun: * Posthypnotic amnesia is a specific type of memory loss where a person is unable to recall events that occurred while they were in a hypnotic state or information that was specifically suggested by the hypnotist to be forgotten after the hypnosis session ends.
This term is used in clinical, therapeutic, and research contexts within psychology and psychiatry to describe a directed, temporary memory suppression. * The therapist used posthypnotic amnesia to help the patient manage the recall of a traumatic memory. * A key feature of the phenomenon was the subject's complete posthypnotic amnesia for the instructions given during the trance. * The study aimed to measure the depth of posthypnotic amnesia induced by different suggestion protocols.
- Posthypnotic amnesia can be reversed by a pre-arranged cue from the hypnotist, demonstrating that the memories are suppressed rather than erased.
- The strength and duration of posthypnotic amnesia are often used as indicators of an individual's hypnotic susceptibility.
- Posthypnotic suggestion (noun): A suggestion given during hypnosis that is intended to be carried out after the hypnotic trance has ended. Posthypnotic amnesia is often itself the result of a specific posthypnotic suggestion.
- Hypnosis (noun): The state or process that induces posthypnotic amnesia.
- Selective amnesia (noun): The broader category of memory loss for specific events or periods, of which posthypnotic amnesia is a type.
- Hypnotically suggested amnesia: A more descriptive synonym that emphasizes the cause of the memory loss.
- Directed forgetting (in a hypnotic context): A term focusing on the instructed nature of the memory block.
- Memory suppression: The general cognitive process.
- Dissociation: A psychological process often associated with hypnotic states and certain types of amnesia.
- Trance logic: The atypical reasoning accepted during hypnosis, which can facilitate posthypnotic amnesia.
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selective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotist
