Newman and Baumeister paper on the UFO abduction phenomenon

When: Apr 1996
Sources: 1 public source

Psychologist Roy Baumeister, co-author of the 1996 paper ZURICH.MINDS, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Psychologists Leonard Newman and Roy Baumeister published a target article in Psychological Inquiry proposing that abduction memories are largely spurious, elaborated under hypnosis, with masochism-like themes reflecting a wish to escape the self. Several researchers published replies.

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OtherToward an Explanation of the UFO Abduction Phenomenon: Hypnotic Elaboration, Extraterrestrial Sadomasochism, and Spurious Memories. Psychological Inquiry 7(2):99-126 (opens in a new tab)Taylor & Francis (Psychological Inquiry) / 1996-04

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