Prospects for de-automatization.
Consciousness and Cognition June 2011 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.03.004 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Highly hypnotizable subjects |
| Key points | The attempt to extend findings on hypnotic agnosia to negative priming in the Stroop task was unsuccessful. The paper argues that the reduction of Stroop interference nonetheless has broad theoretical implications for automaticity and for de-automatizing cognition in meditation and other altered states. |
Abstract
Research by Raz and his associates has repeatedly found that suggestions for hypnotic agnosia, administered to highly hypnotizable subjects, reduce or even eliminate Stroop interference. The present paper sought unsuccessfully to extend these findings to negative priming in the Stroop task. Nevertheless, the reduction of Stroop interference has broad theoretical implications, both for our understanding of automaticity and for the prospect of de-automatizing cognition in meditation and other altered states of consciousness.
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