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Implanting False Memmories

Posted:
May 22nd, 2012, 12:40 am
by Storms
Would it be possible to implant false memories, that can only be remembered at a specific later date allowing the hypnotist several sessions to reinforce the implanted memories with such precise definition and clarity that eventually the subject really can't tell what was real and what was not?
I'm particularly thinking about implanted versions of reality that really can't be proven or disproven, and would blend into the subjects real life present situation. The idea being not to change the person, but just to give them an entertaining experience that seems more real than their most vivid dreams?
No? Maybe?
Hypnotainment.

Posted:
May 22nd, 2012, 3:30 am
by Fizbin
Hypnosis can absolutely be used for that. In fact, when hypnosis is practiced to "help" someone remember things, special care must be taken to prevent their creation. One quick search for "false memory syndrome" will tell you all you need to know about the effectiveness of memory creation, and the potentially devastating consequences.

Posted:
May 22nd, 2012, 5:14 am
by KIY
Inadvertent false memory creation was also talked about in the movie "Session 9" as one of the reasons the sanitarium had been shut down. (Although, in the real world, I believe that wasn't the case. In the real world, the building had become too worn out and hard/expensive to maintain.)

Posted:
May 24th, 2012, 2:14 pm
by stan
If you can't tell what memory is real and what is false .. would it be fun, because you wouldn't know the difference any more.
Or is it that the false memories are obviously false at a later date ?
Just wondering, 'cos with a bit of fascination around the fetish of brainwashing it seems to me that anything which might conceivably be real in that regard doesn't seem any extraordinary or unusual for the subject.

Posted:
May 24th, 2012, 4:59 pm
by KIY

Posted:
May 26th, 2012, 11:24 pm
by Storms
I was thinking of memories that were not obviously false. Like say a memory of a chance encounter leading to a sexual experience with one of the famous or powerful.
The memory could be of an encounter that goes well, and of the next morning, where both parties decide for some significant reason not to ever see or contact each other, but to remember and appreciate the short time and bodily functions they shared.
Intense, entertaining, and I would guess probably safe?
There's a few files on here that come close with the hypnotist being the other party in the liaison, but those are more like jerk along files instead of implanted memories...

Posted:
May 28th, 2012, 12:19 am
by Jeshi