According to the Critical Thinking box: Is Hypnosis a Special State of Consciousness?, what evidence seems to undermine the notion that hypnosis involves dissociation and is a special state of consciousness?
A)Multiple personalities typically emerge in the hypnotized state but rarely emerge in the nonhypnotized state.
B)Highly motivated people often perform the same tasks or abilities just as well as hypnotized subjects.
C)EEG recordings have shown that brain activity is virtually identical during stage 4 NREM sleep and hypnosis.
D)Hallucinogenic drugs produce many of the same effects as hypnosis.

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The Critical Thinking box mentions studies showing that highly motivated people can perform tasks or abilities just as well as hypnotized subjects. This suggests that hypnosis may not involve a special state of consciousness since high motivation alone can produce similar results.

According to the Critical Thinking Box: Is Hypnosis a Special