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And why not abduct thick foreigners instead?
Some researchers at Harvard University devised an experiment to determine if memories of an abduction by space aliens would provoke the same physiological reactions that occur when other people, such as combat veterans and those who survive deadly car accidents, recall their traumatic experiences.
When the two sets of measurements were compared, the results were striking. Abductees showed surprisingly strong physiological reactions to the tapes of their alien encounters. Their reactions were as great or greater than those of individuals who cannot shake memories of combat, sexual abuse, and other punishing events.
Conclusion:
"The results underscore the power of emotional belief," he noted. "People who sincerely believe they have been abducted by aliens show patterns of emotional and physiological response to these 'memories' that are strikingly similar to those of people who have been genuinely traumatized by combat or similar events."
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/02.20/01-alien.html [Broken]
jim_990 said:And why not abduct thick foreigners instead?
The aliens give them the tapes, or do abductees bring their own recording devices just incase they happen to be abducted that day?Abductees showed surprisingly strong physiological reactions to the tapes of their alien encounters.
One flaw is that being abducted by alines *could* be even scarier than being in a war zone. Controls?PIT2 said:Does anyone see the flaw in the conclusion of this research?
In his case I would give a diagnosis of shock.PIT2 said:Hair falling out isn't a symptom of post traumatic stress disorder.
PIT2 said:Does anyone see the flaw in the conclusion of this research?
This is the sort of thing I was thinking of. A few years back there was a spate of reports of people "recovering" burried memories of having been abducted by satanic cults and forced to participate in baby-killing rituals. No one, apparently, could ever find any evidence to indicate such a cult existed, and the stories proved to be the result of leading questions by the people conducting the hypnosis sessions. Once the people were lead to create these scenarios, they believed them and were traumatized by them.loseyourname said:A better study, if you want to determine whether or not PTSS can result from nothing other than emotional distress, you should look at cases where the memories of the victims are known for certain to be false.
zoobyshoe said:This is the sort of thing I was thinking of. A few years back there was a spate of reports of people "recovering" burried memories of having been abducted by satanic cults and forced to participate in baby-killing rituals. No one, apparently, could ever find any evidence to indicate such a cult existed, and the stories proved to be the result of leading questions by the people conducting the hypnosis sessions. Once the people were lead to create these scenarios, they believed them and were traumatized by them.
I'm not talking about any sort of official diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress here. Just whether or not something has to be true to be traumatized by it.loseyourname said:That interesting. From what little I know of PTSS, I was under the impression that you only qualified if you exhibited symptoms regardless of whether or not you remembered anything.