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Hypnotizability and dissociation as predictors of performance in a precognition task: A pilot study

Författare

Summary, in English

Abstract in Undetermined
We investigated whether hypnotizability, dissociation, and belief in
psi are related to performance in a precognition task that measures whether later practice enhances previous memory recall. Participants low (n = 19) and high (n = 19, 7 also high in dissociation) in hypnotizability completed the task and a measure of belief in psi, with the experimenters masked as to participants’ level of hypnotizability and dissociation. A general precognition effect was not replicated and
there was no overall effect for hypnotizability, but high hypnotizables who were low in dissociation differed significantly from dissociative high hypnotizables and from low hypnotizables, and scored below chance. Belief in psi was related to dissociation and history of trauma, and trauma and working memory were negatively correlated.
With respect to features of the experiment itself, we were contacted after we had run about one third of the participants by the developer of the program, who asked us to use a modified version. We did not change our protocol, but decided to analyze the data in segments before and after we were asked to use a different program. Although not significant, the first third of the data was clearly in the direction of psi-hitting whereas later segments were in the opposite direction. A regression analysis controlling for groups showed a significant decline effect. Our results support the value of using selected groups and suggest that dissociation may mediate the effects of hypnotizability in psi performance.

Publiceringsår

2009

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

137-158

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Parapsychology

Volym

73

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Rhine Research Center

Ämne

  • Psychology

Nyckelord

  • precognition
  • hypnosis
  • hypnotizability
  • dissociation
  • decline effect

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • CERCAP (Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology)

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0022-3387