nosis in memory recall by citing their methodological problems. For instance, Watkins (1989) argued that many of these research studies investigated the effects of hypnosis in eliciting memory recall of information such as number and nonsense syllables, which differ from the type of information that is sought for in legal contexts. The latter category of information is often stored in repressed or traumatic memory. According to supporters of forensic hypnosis, repressed memories are not processed in the same way as ordinary memories. Using the acquisition-retention-retrieval model to describe the memory process, they stated that in the case of repressed memories, the memory is captured with photographic precision when it is first acquired. Furthermore, the memory that is stored is not affected by external influences such as information received after the event or the individual's perceptions. Therefore, methods used to retrieve the memory such as hypnotic suggestions will not modify the
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