Hypnosis, suggestion type, and subjective experience--the order-effects hypothesis revisited: a brief communication.
The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis April 1990 J R Weekes, S J Lynn
In a replication and extension of Field, Evans, and Orne's (1965) research, no support was found for the hypothesis that suggestion order is related to hypnotic responding. Confirming earlier findings, Ss were no more responsive to suggestions ordered from easy-to-difficult than they were to suggestions ordered from difficult-to-easy. Measures of subjective involvement in suggestions,...