Legion Theory
A Meta-psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20401974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melinda Manning (0000-0001-5288-7238, University of the Sunshine Coast, corresponding author), Mark Manning (0000-0001-7772-2704, University of the Sunshine Coast), Mark L Manning, Rana L Manning (University of the Sunshine Coast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 839-862 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3543 • E-ISSN: 1461-7447 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959354307083497 |
| OpenAlex | W2152110789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
William James and many other early pioneers of psychology and psychiatry endorsed the notion of parallel rational conscious streams in the human mind and suggested that an understanding of multiple personalities, in what is now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), was the key to developing an appropriate model of the mind. A new meta-theory of psychology, Legion Theory, developed from an inductive study of the specific characteristics of DID, is presented. Legion Theory proposes the mind to encompass two major sets of mechanisms. The first is a set of parallel conscious streams which form the self. The second is a set of internal mental models representing the physical and other worlds. The interaction of these two sets of processes is shown to provide a model for many psychological phenomena, including abstract logical thinking and intelligence, dreams, implicit and explicit memory, state-dependent memory, psychogenic fugues, and body dysmorphia
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Dissociative identity disorder · Epistemology · Mental representation · Theory of mind · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology
The principles of psychology.
Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics
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Some Experiments on the Recognition of Speech, with One and with Two Ears
Segregation of Form, Color, Movement, and Depth
Implicit memory
Self or Selves
The Dialogical Self as a Society of Mind
The Discovery of the Unconscious
When does context influence recognition memory
Dissociative identity disorder and the sociocognitive model
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |