This area tends to polarise opinion, with people being believers or non-believers. There is some slight support that people use their right hemisphere during hypnosis, indeed there is some suggestion that it is the left side that is commonly affected in conversion disorders. Simulators tend to overplay their role, and do not exhibit the logical inconsistencies seen in hypnotised individuals. Abuses Detectives' use of hypnosis high-lighted the dangers of hypnosis. This is a serious problem within the legal system.
Confident testimonies tend to obtain more convictions for the police.
Hypnosis and repressed memory therapy, with its suggestion that people recover a traumatic event and then confront it, has led to a number of serious accusations. Psychologists are concerned that such leading questioning during therapy can lead to uncorroborated accusations which can damage the profession. Some psychologists are concerned by the increase in the diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Hypnosis itself may create new personalities particularly under leading questioning. Divided consciousness .