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In this paper, we investigate whether the personality trait of Absorption is a predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. Our participants completed a number of questionnaires, assessing absorption, hallucinatory experiences, subjective experiences along the sleep–wakefulness continuum, paranormal experiences and belief, and dissociation. Our findings are indicative of a common, pseudo-hallucinatory experiential base, suggesting that absorption can indeed serve as the predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. In our discussion, we look at the implications of this finding for applied cognitive psychology, focusing on the study of false memories and reality monitoring, and on the study of probability judgement and paranormal belief.
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A major exposition of the relationship between trait Absorption and subjective experience, based on a large sample, and employing various questionnaires. We draw implications for both the relationship between experience and belief, and for interpreting PTSD.
Professor Joseph Glicksohn
Bar-Ilan University
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This page is a summary of: Absorption and hallucinatory experience, Applied Cognitive Psychology, January 2003, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/acp.913.
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