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Book SynopsisThe book''s first three chapters-by Sheehan and Robertson; Wagstaff; Council, Kirsch, and Grant - conclude that three different factors turn imagination into hypnosis. The next three chapters-by Lynn, Neufeld, Green, Rhue, and Sandberg; Rader, Kunzendorf, and Carrabino; and Barrett-explore the hypnotic and the clinical significance of absorption in imagination. Three subsequent chapters-by Coe; Gwynn and Spanos; and Gorassini-examine the role of compliance and imagination in various hypnotic phenomena. Pursuing the possibility that some hypnotic hallucinations are experienced differently from normal images, the following two chapters-by Perlini, Spanos, and Jones; and Kunzendorf and Boisvert-focus on negative hallucinating, which reportedly blocks out perceptual reality. The remaining three chapters-by Wallace and Turosky; Crawford; and Persinger-pursue other physiological differences, and possible physiological connections, between hypnosis and imagination.
Table of ContentsIn Memoriam to Nicholas P. Spanos
Preface Robert G. Kunzendorf, Nicholas P. Spanos, and Benjamin Wallace
Imagery and Hypnosis: Trends and Patternings in Effects Peter W. Sheehan and Rosemary Robertson
Compliance and Imagination in Hypnosis Graham Wagstaff
Imagination, Expectancy, and Hypnotic Responding James R. Council, Irving Kirsch, and Debora L. Grant
Daydreaming, Fantasy, and Psychopathology Steven J. Lynn, Victor Neufeld, Joseph Green, Judith Rhue, and David Sandberg
The Relation of Imagery Vividness, Absorption, Reality Boundaries and Synesthesia to Hypnotic Stress and Traits Charles Rader, Robert G. Kunzendorf, and Carlene Carrabino
Fantasizers and Dissociaters: Two Types of High Hypnotizables, Two Different Imagery Styles Deirdre Barrett
Breaching Posthypnotic Amnesia: A Review William Coe
Hypnotic Responsiveness, Nonhypnotic Suggestibility, and Responsiveness to Social Influence Maxwell I. Gwynn and Nicholas Spanos
Conviction Management: Lessons from Hypnosis Research about how Self-Images of Dubious Validity can be Willfully Sustained Donald R. Gorassini
Hypnotic Negative Hallucinations: A Review of Subjective, Behavioral, and Physiological Methods Arthur H. Perlini, Nicholas P. Spanos, and Bill Jones
Presence vs. Absence of a "Hidden Observer" during Total Deafness: The Hypnotic Illusion of Subconsciousness vs. the Imaginal Attenuation of Brainstem Evoked Potentials Robert G. Kunzendorf and Patricia Boisvert
Hypnosis, Imagination, and Hemispheric Laterality: An Examination of Individual Differences Benjamin Wallace and Deanna D. Turosky
Cerebral Brain Dynamics of Mental Imagery: Evidence and Issues for Hypnosis Helen J. Crawford
Hypnosis and the Brain: The Relationship Between Subclinical Complex Partial Epileptic-like Symptoms, Imagination, Suggestibility, and Changes in Self-Identity Michael A. Persinger
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