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| Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2002): |
Suggestibility and negative priming: two replication studies.
Full Abstract
Research suggests that inhibiting the effect of irrelevant stimuli on subsequent thought and action (cognitive inhibition) may be an important component of suggestibility. Two small correlation studies were conducted to address the relationship between different aspects of suggestibility and individual differences in cognitive inhibition, operationalized as the degree of negative priming generated by to-be-ignored stimuli in a semantic categorization task. The first study found significant positive correlations between negative priming, hypnotic suggestibility, and creative imagination; a significant negative correlation was obtained between negative priming and interrogative suggestibility, demonstrating the discriminant validity of the study results. The second study replicated the correlation between negative priming and hypnotic suggestibility, using a different suggestibility measurement procedure that assessed subjective experience and hypnotic involuntariness as well as objective responses to suggestions. These studies support the notion that the ability to engage in cognitive inhibition may be an important component of hypnotic responsivity and maybe of other forms of suggestibility.
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Author/s: David, Daniel (D); Brown, Richard J (RJ);
Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. daniel.david@mssm.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis (Int J Clin Exp Hypn), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 50 (issue 3) : pp 215-28
Dates: Created 2002/06/28; Completed 2002/08/19; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12088330, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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