Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2016-280.04 |
Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Difficult turned easy: Suggestions render a challenging visual task simple
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Publication year: | 2021
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URL:
| https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797620954856
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Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Suggestion, via attention and motivation, can cause some individuals to miss or disregard existing visual stimuli; but can it infuse sensory input with non-existing information? While several prominent theories of hypnotic suggestion propose that mental imagery can change our perceptual experience, data to support this stance remain sparse. The present study addresses this lacuna, showcasing how suggesting the presence of physically-absent, yet critical, visual information recasts an otherwise difficult task into an easy one. Here we show how adult participants, highly susceptible to hypnotic suggestion, successfully hallucinated visual occluders atop an established visual paradigm requiring perceptual integration of object motion. Our findings support the idea that, at least in some people, suggestions can add perceptual information to sensory input. This observation carries meaningful weight to theoretical, clinical, and applied aspects of the brain and psychological sciences.
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Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Copyright/Reproduction:
| By permission
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Landry, M.
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Secondary author(s):
| Da Silva Castanheira, J., Sackur, J., Raz, A.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 3
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Percentiles:
| 7
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Reference:
| Landry, M., Da Silva Castanheira, J., Sackur, J., & Raz, A. (2021). Difficult turned easy: Suggestions render a challenging visual task simple. Psychological science, 32(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620954856
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2-year Impact Factor: | 7.029|2020
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Times cited: | 3|2024-02-14
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Indexed document: | Yes
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Quartile: | Q1
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Keywords: | Suggestion / Hypnosis / Perception / Visual imagery / Perceptual integration
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Difficult turned easy: Suggestions render a challenging visual task simple |