Highlighting Intra-psychic Conflicts Using Altered States of Consciousness (ASC)
Aliodor Manolea
May 13, 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.04.385 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental study |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 18 |
| Population | Young adults with a mean age of 21.1 years (SD 2.41) |
| Intervention | Hypnosis |
| Measures | polygraph, pressure sensors |
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness |
| Key findings | Signal transmission via the adrenal-somatic axis takes longer to produce manifestations than signal transmission from the Ideo-Motor Reflex centers of the two cerebral hemispheres to effector muscles. The authors attribute the measured response-time differences, recorded with polygraph and pressure sensors, to the complexity of intra-psychic processing of specific aspects of the Self. |
Abstract
Abstract The rational, subconscious and unconscious intra-psychic conflicts manifested causing, by psychosomatic conditioning, undesired psycho-emotional and somatic manifestations can be highlighted using altered states of consciousness (ASC). Using hypnosis to induce altered states of consciousness (ASC) to the experimental group (N = 18, M = 21.1 years, SD = 2.41), at dummy response type investigation, we found that the signal transmission via adrenal-somatic axis up to manifestations is processed in a longer time than the signal transmission from the Ideo-Motor Reflex centers of the two cerebral hemispheres at effectors muscles which decode the transmitted signal. Under these conditions, the measured response time differences using polygraph and pressure sensors for Ideo-Motor Reflex signal, are given by the complexity of intra- psychic processing of related facets of specific aspects of the Self.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on altered states of consciousness, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Standardized Psychometric Assessment of Altered States of Consciousness (ASCs) in Humans Healthy subjects in six countries | 1998 | Experimental and field study | n = 1,133 |
| TMS-EEG and resting-state EEG applied to altered states of consciousness: oscillations, complexity, and phenomenology. | 2023 | Experimental study | |
| A Test of the Psychedelic Model of Altered States of Consciousness | 1976 | Experimental study with comparison groups | |
| Neural Correlates of Non-ordinary States of Consciousness in Pranayama Practitioners: The Role of Slow Nasal Breathing Experienced meditators | 2022 | Within-subjects comparison | n = 12 |
| Increased spontaneous EEG signal diversity during stroboscopically-induced altered states of consciousness Healthy adults | 2019 | Experimental study |