PsyArXiv
October 23, 2026
Christopher Jon Anderson, Steven Jay Lynn
preprint
Decisiveness, the capacity to commit to difficult choices, has traditionally been studied through cognitive and motivational frameworks, leaving the role of one's relationship to inner experience open. Two studies examine dispositional mindfulness, acceptance, and regret sensitivity as predictors of decisiveness. In Study 1 (n = 64), all three significantly predicted decisiveness. In Study 2 (n...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
June 18, 2025
Guy H. Montgomery, Joseph P. Green, Clément Apelian et al.
1 citation
The field of hypnosis has intrigued clinicians and researchers alike for more than 200 years. Below, a review of hypnosis is presented from historical, theoretical, experimental, and clinical perspectives in order to provide those readers less aware of the field with a broad foundation. The literature reveals that while theoretically driven experimental research has led to groundbreaking...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
December 5, 2023
Steven Jay Lynn, Charlie W. McDonald, Fiona G. Sleight et al.
8 citations
Introduction: Ego dissolution, variously called Ego-Loss, self-loss, and ego disintegration, is a hallmark of psychedelic drug use. We cross-validated the 10-item Ego Dissolution Scale, which we developed to assess ego dissolution in everyday life, and we included comparator variables that expanded our original assessment of construct validity. Methods: = 527) completed the measures online....
Consciousness and Cognition
March 1, 2023
Fiona G. Sleight, Steven Jay Lynn, Richard E. Mattson et al.
16 citations
Ego dissolution (i.e., ego loss, ego disintegration, ego death, or self-loss) is a conscious state marked by a loss or diminution of one's sense of self and a lack of first-person experience. We developed a novel, valid, and internally consistent ego dissolution scale to both (a) assess trait-like aspects of ego dissolution, which have received scant attention to date, and (b) facilitate future...
Frontiers in Psychology
April 22, 2020
Dalena van Heugten-van der Kloet, Steven Jay Lynn
15 citations
OPINION article Front. Psychol., 22 April 2020Sec. Consciousness Research Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00745
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
February 2012
Dalena Van der Kloet, Timo Giesbrecht, Steven Jay Lynn et al.
We conducted a longitudinal study to investigate the relation between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms in a mixed inpatient sample at a private clinic evaluated on arrival and at discharge 6 to 8 weeks later. Using hierarchical regression analyses and structural equation modeling, we found a link between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms and determined that specifically...
Psychological Bulletin
September 2008
Timo Giesbrecht, Steven Jay Lynn, Scott O Lilienfeld et al.
Dissociation is typically defined as the lack of normal integration of thoughts, feelings, and experiences into consciousness and memory. The present article critically evaluates the research literature on cognitive processes in dissociation. The authors' review indicates that dissociation is characterized by subtle deficits in neuropsychological performance (e.g., heightened distractibility)....
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
October 1, 1994
Steven Jay Lynn, Cornelia Maré, Steven A. Kvaal et al.
17 citations
This article summarizes data from three studies (Maré, Lynn, Kvaal, Segal, & Sivec, in press; Lynn, Maré, Kvaal, Segal, & Sivec, 1993) designed to extend research on the "hidden observer" to two phenomena of clinical relevance: hypnotic dreams and suggested age regression. Subjects received suggestions for a hypnotic dream or age regression and then received suggestions for a "hidden observer"...
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
1994
Cornelia Maré, Steven Jay Lynn, Steven A. Kvaal et al.
11 citations
In Study 1, virtuoso (n = 13; passed more than 10 suggestions on the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A [HGSHS:A] and Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C), high hypnotizable (n = 14; passed more than 8 suggestions on the HGSHS:A), and medium hypnotizable (n = 17; passed 4-8 suggestions on the HGSHS:A) Ss were administered a hypnotic dream suggestion followed by a...
Fiona Grace Sleight, Charlie W. McDonald, Richard E. Mattson et al.
preprint
Laboratory-based inductions of dissociative states promise to facilitate understanding of the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of dissociation and dissociative disorders. In the present scoping review, we identified articles via a systematic search of PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PubMed, and Google Scholar, resulting in 58 articles that met a priori inclusion criteria. We identified 17 methods...