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  • Psychology
  • Clinical Neurology

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  • Mirrored-self misidentification delusion involves the false belief that one's reflection is not oneself.
  • This delusion presents a unique challenge in understanding self-recognition and body ownership.
  • Investigating the neurological and psychological underpinnings is crucial for therapeutic development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential of hypnotic suggestion to induce mirrored-self misidentification.
  • To explore the disruption of normal face processing in healthy individuals using hypnosis.
  • To model key features of the delusion in a controlled laboratory environment.

Main Methods:

  • Selected 22 high and 20 low hypnotizable participants based on established measures.
  • Administered hypnotic induction with suggestions for impaired self-face or general face recognition.
  • Tested participants on recognition of self and others across various visual media (mirrors, photos, video).

Main Results:

  • Hypnotic suggestions successfully impaired self-face recognition in highly hypnotizable participants.
  • Key aspects of mirrored-self misidentification were recreated in the laboratory setting.
  • Impaired recognition of others occurred in a subset of participants, highlighting response variability.

Conclusions:

  • Hypnotic suggestion is a viable tool for disrupting face processing and modeling mirrored-self misidentification.
  • Observed response variability in participants mirrors heterogeneity in clinical presentations.
  • Future research should explore the sources of this variability in both clinical and hypnotic models.