Front Neurosci
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...
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...