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The effects of hypnotic induction vs. task motivation and control conditions are assessed with regard to reported vividness of visual imagery. Results are in agreement with a growing body of related literature in failing to confirm the contribution of hypnotic induction to the enhancement of imagery. The importance of distinguishing between hypnotic imagery and hallucination is stressed, along with the need to integrate this research with more general investigations regarding the nature of mental imagery.
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