Hypnotic blindness and the relevance of cognitive style

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ID10159629
AuthorsRebecca A Bryant (0000-0002-9607-819X, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Richard A Bryant, Kevin M Mcconkey
Year1990
Volume59
Issue4
Pages756-761
Publication date1990-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.59.4.756
PMID2254852
OpenAlexW4242389841
LanguageEN
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Real, hypnotized and simulating, unhypnotized subjects were instructed to use either a constructive or a concentrative cognitive style when attempting to respond to a suggestion for hypnotic blindness; also, some subjects were administered the suggestion without any instructions about cognitive style. More reals who received the constructive rather than the concentrative instructions reported complete blindness; a similar number of simulators who received the different instructions reported complete blindness. Moreover, reals who received the constructive instruction reported a more rapidly developed belief in their blindness. The findings are discussed in terms of the relevance of cognitive style to subjects' reports of hypnotic blindness, and the possibility is considered that both reports of and belief in hypnotic blindness are determined in part by cognitive style

Blindness · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive style · Constructive · Hypnosis · Hypnotic susceptibility · Inattentional blindness · Perception · Process (computing · Psychiatry · Relevance (law · Style (visual arts · Computer Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Social Psychology · Optometry

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