Applied Cognitive Psychology · 2003 · 83 citations · 68 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyCognitive PsychologyExperimental PsychologyPersonality PsychologyFalse MemoryTheory Of MindSleep Wakefulness
The study investigates whether the personality trait of absorption predicts hallucinatory experience and discusses its implications for false memories, reality monitoring, probability judgment, and paranormal belief. Participants completed questionnaires measuring absorption, hallucinatory experiences, sleep–wake subjective states, paranormal beliefs, and dissociation. Results indicate a shared pseudo‑hallucinatory experiential base, supporting absorption as a predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Abstract In this paper, we investigate whether the personality trait of Absorption is a predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. Our participants completed a number of questionnaires, assessing absorption, hallucinatory experiences, subjective experiences along the sleep–wakefulness continuum, paranormal experiences and belief, and dissociation. Our findings are indicative of a common, pseudo‐hallucinatory experiential base, suggesting that absorption can indeed serve as the predisposing factor for hallucinatory experience. In our discussion, we look at the implications of this finding for applied cognitive psychology, focusing on the study of false memories and reality monitoring, and on the study of probability judgement and paranormal belief. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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