Doc 0000190633
CIA
This document, dated May 12, 1953, details experimentation involving hypnosis and a relaxation method to induce a mild hypnotic state in three subjects, noting one subject's unusual reaction and subsequent re-hypnotization.
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Ask the archive about this →---------------------------------------·-- ---·--·----·------·-- , To~ File Subject: SI and H F..xperimentation, 12 Hay 1953 ..... • ~he need for practical work was evident fo~ the bulk of the work vras conducted by t~ • • · directed to the adaptation of a tech~nie •: L~l~e ~'ted to each_individual's personality ' ~~ri . ~- proceedeQ clinical approach, namely a s ~N inauction via t e re axation method. A mild state of H was obtained in all three subjects. An unusual OCCUrrence r whic F.!Xplained, latter part of the eveing. working ade some statement which that caus stiffen noticeably. In do struc ith her foot. Imrned ed to a;.raken very startled and run to1vard for someone to turn to for help. Noticing tha trembling and on the verge of hysteria she was irranedia pu into the hypnotic state. She was instructed while under H that the cause for her al~rm would disappear upon awakening and she ..rould be refreshed and relaxed. She was the!'\ awakened and appeared to be calm. An attempt Has made to detennine ..rhether or not she remembered the instance that causedher . . alann but she rememter nothing lvhich indicated that the entire episode '' ~ took place while she was still under hypnosis. ·.I . .,·. 's •Nark ..rere satisfactory in tha. afforded the opportunity of .practkcing -•.rnY•n e developing their confidence which is much needed in this type of work. ~ ~
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