Tim Brunson DCH

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Lack of correlation between hypnotic susceptibility and various components of attention.

Posted At : May 15, 2012 4:11 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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The purpose of our study was to measure the relationship between performance on various attentional tasks and hypnotic susceptibility. Healthy volunteers (N=116) participated in a study, where they had to perform several tasks measuring various attention components in a waking state: sustained attention, selective or focused attention, divided attention and executive attention in task switching. Hypnotic susceptibility was measured in a separate setting by the Waterloo-Stanford Groups Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form C (WSGC). We found no significant correlation between any of the attentional measures and hypnotic susceptibility. Highly hypnotizables did not prove to be superior to or worse than the other individuals in any of the tests. These results do not support the neuropsychophysiological model of hypnosis, as they show no consistent relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and waking attentional performance.

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Conscious Cogn. 2011 Dec;20(4):1872-81. Epub 2011 Oct 2. Varga K, Németh Z, Szekely A. Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Izabella utca 46. Pf. 755, Budapest H-1384, Hungary. varga.katalin@ppk.elte.hu

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Glenn Barry Soberman, PhD

Posted At : May 15, 2012 4:49 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Glenn Soberman is a licensed clinical psychologist and ordained interfaith minister. He has a private practice in New Paltz and Rhinebeck, New York. A published author, his most recent book entitled: Letting Go: A Self-Help Manual for Emotional Well-Being (Blue Dolphin Publishing). Dr. Soberman specializes in using Revolutionary Energy Psychology techniques to heal the mind, body and soul as well as provide gentle yet rapid relief form anxiety, depression, phobias and unresolved traumas. He has over 20 years of clinical experience and has been an adjunct faculty member in the graduate psychology department for Marist College. He has provided training in Seemorg Matris Work and other energy psychology techniques at numerous conferences and workshiops throughout North and Central America. According to Dr. Clinton, the developer of Seemorg Matrix Work, "Dr. Soberman's teaching is and invigorating synthesis of heart and mind, compassion and intelligence.

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