title: Differences in neuropsychological correlates between normals and those experiencing "Old Hag Attacks".
abstract: 240 university students were given The Cognitive Laterality Battery as well as a questionnaire, the answers to which were used to identify those who had experienced an "Old Hag Attack." This refers to a hypnagogic sleep disorder in which there is paralysis and, quite often, terrifying hallucinations. Those suffering from this disorder showed a statistically significantly different profile of scores from normal subjects on The Cognitive Laterality Battery. The implications of this finding for existing theories concerning "Old Hag Attacks" are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Montana, Missoula.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kettlewell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lipscomb
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004325:Dreams; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010466:Perceptual Closure; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012691:Serial Learning; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014825:Vocabulary