Rorschach measures during depth hypnosis and suggestion of a previous life.
Using a procedure with suggestions to prompt false memories from an alleged previous life, we hypnotized 16 normal subjects and collected Rorschach data before and during the hypnotic induction. During hypnosis 9 subjects produced memories that they claimed to remember from a former life. The Rorschach findings bore no resemblance to the available data for other dissociative disorders. Rorschach variables during hypnotic trance remained almost unchanged from baseline. These results indicate that the Rorschach poorly reflects hypnotic trance.
Ferracuti
Stefano
S
Department of Psychiatric Sciences and Psychological Medicine, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy. stefano.ferracuti@uniroma1.it
Cannoni
Eleonora
E
De Carolis
Antonella
A
Gonella
Angelo
A
Lazzari
Renato
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010268:Parapsychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013404:Suggestion