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- Title
- Impaired face recognition and the mirrored-self misidentification delusion : recreating the delusion using hypnosis
- Related
- Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science (9th : 2009) (30 September - 2 October 2009 : Sydney)
- Related
- Christensen, Wayne; Schier, Elizabeth and Sutton, John. ASCS09 : proceedings of the 9th conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science, p.61-66
- DOI
- 10.5096/ASCS200910
- Publisher
- North Ryde, NSW : Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Date
- 2010
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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170200 Cognitive Sciences
- Author/Creator
- Connors, Michael
- Author/Creator
- Barnier, Amanda
- Author/Creator
- Coltheart, Max
- Author/Creator
- Cox, Rochelle
- Author/Creator
- Langdon, Robyn
- Description
- Mirrored-self misidentification is the delusional belief that one's own reflection in the mirror is a stranger. Current theories suggest that this delusion can occur when two factors are present: a deficit in face processing which is responsible for the content of the delusion (Factor 1) and a deficit in belief evaluation which accounts for the failure to reject the delusional belief (Factor 2). Previous research has used hypnosis to model this delusion. This research has found that a suggestion in hypnosis either to see a stranger in the mirror (a fully-formed suggestion) or to not recognise the person in the mirror (a suggestion for Factor 1 alone) can produce a hypnotic delusion with features strikingly similar to the clinical condition. The present study sought to directly compare these two approaches to see which best approximated the clinical condition. Fifty-two high hypnotisable participants received a hypnotic suggestion to either see a stranger in the mirror (fully-formed) or to not recognise the person in the mirror (Factor 1 alone). Half of the participants received the suggestion while hypnotised and the other half received the suggestion in their normal waking state. Following the suggestion, participants were asked to look into a mirror and to describe what they could see. Participants who reported seeing someone other than themselves were then given a series of clinically inspired challenges to determine the resilience of their delusion. Results support the idea that both types of hypnotic suggestion can produce a highly compelling mirrored-self misidentification delusion which is resistant to challenge. In particular, results suggest that the Factor 1 suggestion in hypnosis is especially effective at producing the delusion and that the additional information contained in the fully-formed suggestion is unnecessary. Results are discussed in terms of the two-factor theory of delusions.
- Description
- 6 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 170200 Cognitive Sciences
- Subject Keyword
- delusion
- Subject Keyword
- mirrored-self misidentification
- Subject Keyword
- mirror sign
- Subject Keyword
- hypnosis
- Subject Keyword
- instrumental hypnosis
- Resource Type
- ASCS09 : Proceedings Of The 9th Conference Of The Australasian Society For Cognitive Science
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/126802
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780646529189
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009011752
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- Copyright 2009 by the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. Publisher version archived with the permission of the Editor, ASCS09 : Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. This copy is available for individual, non-commercial use. Permission to reprint/republish this version for other uses must be obtained from the publisher.
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