(ebook) - CIA Study - Hypnosis in Interrogation.pdf

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1、CIAStudy:HypnosisinInterrogationThisstudy,writtenbyEdwardF.Deshere,appearedintheCIAjournalStudiesinIntelligencein1960.Thisdocumentexploressomeofthepossibleapplicationsofhypnosisduringinterrogations.[documentbegins]FOROFFICIALUSEONLYAprioriconsiderationsprejudicingsuccessfulinterrogationbytranceind

2、uctionsuggestapossiblevarianttechnique.HYPNOSISININTERROGATIONEdwardF.DeshereThecontroloveraperson'sbehaviorostensiblyachievedinhypnosisobviouslynominatesitforuseinthedifficultprocessofinterrogation.Itisthereforesurprisingthatnobody,astheinductionof"Mesmerictrance"hasmovedfromhallsofmagicintoclini

3、csandlaboratories,seemstohaveuseditinthisway.Asearchoftheprofessionalliteratureshowsatleastthatnoonehaschosentodiscusssuchauseinprint,andafairlyextensiveinquiryamonghypnosisexpertsfromavarietyofcountrieshasnotturnedupanyonewhoadmitstofamiliaritywithapplicationsoftheprocesstointerrogation.Thereisth

4、ereforenoexperimentalevidencethatcanbecited,butitshouldbepossibletoreachtentativeconclusionsaboutitseffectivenessinthisfieldonthebasisoftheoreticalconsiderations.TheNatureofHypnosisExperimentalanalysishasgraduallygivenusabetterunderstandingofhypnosissincethedaysofMesmer(6)andhisfollowers,whoheldth

5、atitresultsfromtheflowofaforcecalledanimalmagnetismfromhypnotisttosubject.Nevertheless,althoughnopresent-dayinvestigatorsharesthelingeringlayopinionthathypnosisisinsomewayanoverpoweringofaweakmindbyasuperiorintellect,therearestillmanydivergenttheoriespropoundedtoaccountfortheaccumulatingclinicalob

6、servations.Someofthesehavesignificantlydifferentimplicationswithrespecttothesusceptibilityofahypnotizedpersontopurposefulinfluence.TheviewthathypnosisisastateofartificiallyinducedsleephasbeenwidelyheldsinceBraid(7)inventedtheterminmid-nineteenth-century.CurrentlyPavlov(20)takesasimilarpositioninma

7、intainingthatcorticalinhibition,sleep,andhypnosisareessentiallyidentical.ThisviewisnowheldthroughoutthosepartsoftheworldwherePavloviantheoryisacceptedascreed,buttotheAmericaninvestigatortheexperimentalevidenceaga