Using hypnosis to disrupt face processing: mirrored-self misidentification delusion and different visual media

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Connors, Michael H., Barnier, Amanda J., Coltheart, Max, Langdon, Robyn, Cox, Rochelle E., Rivolta, D. and Halligan, Peter W. 2014. Using hypnosis to disrupt face processing: mirrored-self misidentification delusion and different visual media. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8 (361). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00361
AuthorsConnors, Michael H., Barnier, Amanda J., Coltheart, Max, Langdon, Robyn, Cox, Rochelle E., Rivolta, D. and Halligan, Peter W.
Abstract

Mirrored-self misidentification delusion is the belief that one’s reflection in the mirror is not oneself. This experiment used hypnotic suggestion to impair normal face processing in healthy participants and recreate key aspects of the delusion in the laboratory. From a pool of 439 participants, 22 high hypnotisable participants (“highs”) and 20 low hypnotisable participants were selected on the basis of their extreme scores on two separately administered measures of hypnotisability. These participants received a hypnotic induction and a suggestion for either impaired (i) self-face recognition or (ii) impaired recognition of all faces. Participants were tested on their ability to recognize themselves in a mirror and other visual media – including a photograph, live video, and handheld mirror – and their ability to recognize other people, including the experimenter and famous faces. Both suggestions produced impaired self-face recognition and recreated key aspects of the delusion in highs. However, only the suggestion for impaired other-face recognition disrupted recognition of other faces, albeit in a minority of highs. The findings confirm that hypnotic suggestion can disrupt face processing and recreate features of mirrored-self misidentification. The variability seen in participants’ responses also corresponds to the heterogeneity seen in clinical patients. An important direction for future research will be to examine sources of this variability within both clinical patients and the hypnotic model.

JournalFrontiers in Human Neuroscience
Journal citation8 (361)
ISSN1662-5161
Year2014
PublisherFrontiers Media SA
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00361
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Deposited12 Mar 2015
Accepted11 Mar 2014
FunderAustralian Research Council
Neuronale Koordination Forschungsschwerpunkt Frankfurt
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