Is it possible to lie under hypnosis?

Being hypnotised is similar to being moderately drunk," says Dr. Phillip Jones, a psychologist who uses hypnosis as part of his work. "You tend to be more honest and your inhibitions are lowered, but you can control what you say and do to some extent. If you're asked a difficult question you'd rather not to answer, you can lie or snap out of trance altogether." Even if we don't set out to decieve while hypnotised, recollections of our past (or past lives) can be just as unreliable as under normal circumstances, adds jones. For example, courts in Britain give statements made under hypnosis no more credence that other oral evidence.