A physiological investigation of volitional and nonvolitional experience during posthypnotic amnesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10154394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bradley A Schuyler (Alliant University, corresponding author), William C Coe |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1160-1169 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.40.6.1160 |
| PMID | 7264881 |
| OpenAlex | W2090512944, W4247004587 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Highly responsive hypnotic subjects, who were classified as having control over remembering (voluntaries) or not having control over remembering (involuntaries) during posthypnotic amnesia, were compared with each other on four physiological measures (heart rate, electrodermal response, respiration rate, muscle tension) during posthypnotic recall. Two contextual conditions were employed: One was meant to create pressure to breach posthypnotic amnesia (lie detector instructions); the other, a relax condition, served as a control. The recall data confirmed earlier findings of Howard and Coe and showed that voluntary subjects under the lie detector condition recalled more than the other three samples that did not differ from each other. However, using another measure of voluntariness showed that both voluntary and involuntary subjects breached under lie detector conditions. Electrodermal response supported the subjects' reports of control in this case. Physiological measures were otherwise insignificant. The results are discussed as they relate to (a) studies attempting to breach posthypnotic amnesia, (b) the voluntary/involuntary classification of subjects, and (c) theories of hypnosis.
Amnesia · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Hypnosis · Recall · Volition (linguistics · Voluntariness · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1989 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |