Abstract
Abstract Posthypnotic amnesia appears to be associated with a temporary deficit in remembering. In order to determine the nature of this memory impairment more closely, 2 studies were conducted comparing recall and recognition testing of posthypnotic amnesia during a standardized scale of hypnotic susceptibility. Experiment 1, employing a group procedure with 453 naive Ss, indicated that recognition testing might abolish amnesia. Experiment 2, in which 50 experienced Ss were tested individually, confirmed the general superiority of recognition to recall during amnesia, but revealed a significant persisting deficit in retention on the recognition test, compared to recall after amnesia was lifted by the reversibility cue. The finding of relative rather than absolute superiority of recognition to recall during amnesia is tentatively interpreted in terms of 3 competing accounts of memory: two-stage theory, episodic ecphory, and levels of processing.
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