This research uses a sample of 691 male and female college students and adopts an alternative method of evaluating reversibility, an important aspect of posthypnotic amnesia, to explore in greater detail the relations among hypnotic susceptibility, initial amnesia, and subsequent reversibility. (Author/RK)

This paper discusses work on hypnotic amnesia as a paradigm of laboratory induced state-specific memory. Earlier research on sleep-specific learning and learning in varied states of consciousness is reviewed. Posthypnotic amnesia is viewed as an effective method of studying state-specific recall of episodic experiences. It is noted that highly…