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Attentional and emotional shifts are examined following a hypnotically suggested out-of-body experience (OBE). Two hypotheses were testes: 1) that the OBE is maintained by blocking the perception of body-relevant stimulation at a sensory level; 2) that a hypnotically...

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Kihlstrom, John F.; Barnhardt, Terrence M.; Tataryn, Douglas J. (1992). The psychological unconscious. American Psychologist, 47, 788-791. In response to Greenwald’s article on contemporary research on unconscious mental processes, the authors address three...

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Following trauma there is a tendency to more dissociation and vulnerability. We completed 3 recent studies. In 1991 Spiegel and Cardena presented review that found: 1. Early childhood abuse is associated with profound dissociation. 2. Repeated abuse is more important...

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modify themselves, even if their environments cannot change; and it can be used to increase the self-esteem of clients with disabilities. 1991 Young, M. H.; Montano, R. J.; Goldberg, R. L. (1991). Self-hypnosis, sensory cuing, and response prevention: Decreasing...

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The fifth method involves the use of special hypnotic phenomena (e.g., the Orne double person hallucination and the Hilgard hidden observer item) to discriminate between dissociative disorder patients and subjects simulating dissociative psychopathology. Spiegel,...