Imaginative suggestibility and hypnotizability: an empirical analysis
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Author's Abstract, COPYRIGHT 1999, American Psychological Association, Inc. Hypnotic and nonhypnotic suggestibility were investigated in 2 experiments. In Experiment 1, nonhypnotic suggestibility was suppressed when measured after hypnotic suggestibility, whereas hypnotic suggestibility was not affected by the order of assessment. Experiment 2 confirmed a small but significant effect of hypnosis on suggestibility when nonhypnotic suggestibility was measured first. Nonhypnotic suggestibility was correlated with absorption, fantasy proneness, motivation, and response expectancy, but only expectancy predicted suggestibility when the other variables were controlled. Behavioral response to hypnosis was predicted by nonhypnotic suggestibility, motivaiton, and expectancy in a model accounting for 53% of the variance. Experiential response to hypnotic suggestion was predicted only by nonhypnotic suggestibility. Unexpectedly, hypnosis was found to decrease suggestibility for a substantial minority of participants.
Publication Name: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3514
Year: 1999
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The new facts of life
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The notion that the inorganic world is alive has been as old as mythology.However there are various tools availabe to examine life like DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, gene chips etc. Many of life's properties like emergence, self-organization, reproduction, and coevolution have shown up in systems that have been generally regarded as nonliving.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
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They shot, he scored
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Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein has written unforgettable music for several films such as "The Man with the Golden Arm", "Ghostbusters", "The Ten Commandments" and "The Magnificent Seven". He passed away in California in 2004, after having done musical scores for films of various genres. His notable works are discussed.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2007
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