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Hypnotizability and mental imagery

M L Glisky1, D J Tataryn, J F Kihlstrom

  • 1University of Arizona, Tucson.

The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
|January 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Mental imagery vividness showed inconsistent links to hypnotizability across two studies. Absorption measures were stronger predictors of hypnotizability than imagery vividness.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Hypnotizability, the capacity to experience hypnotic phenomena, is a key individual difference in consciousness research.
  • Mental imagery, the experience of sensory information in the absence of external stimuli, is often considered a component of hypnotic responsiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between hypnotizability and various facets of mental imagery, including vividness and control.
  • To compare the strength of association between hypnotizability and mental imagery versus hypnotizability and absorption.

Main Methods:

  • Two independent studies administered measures of hypnotizability, absorption, and different aspects of mental imagery (visual and motor) within a hypnotic context.
  • Correlational analyses were used to assess the relationships between these constructs.

Main Results:

  • The correlation between hypnotizability and vividness of mental imagery was significant in only one study and generally lower than the correlation with absorption.
  • Correlations between hypnotizability and measures of visual imagery control and motor imagery vividness were weak and rarely significant.
  • No consistent nonlinear relationships between hypnotizability and imagery measures were found across studies.

Conclusions:

  • Vividness of mental imagery, as measured, is not a strong or consistent predictor of hypnotizability.
  • Absorption appears to be a more robust correlate of hypnotizability than mental imagery vividness.
  • Future research should employ refined measures of mental imagery and explore dimensions beyond vividness to better understand its role in hypnotizability.

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