Hypnotic susceptibility, imaging ability, and anagram-solving activity

Author(s): Allen, P. A., Propper, R. E.

Journal/Book: Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 1996; 44: 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Sage Publications Inc. 324-337.

Abstract: Anagram-solving activity was examined as a function of hypnotic susceptibility level and imaging ability. In Experiment 1, anagrams that were composed of sets of letters that formed actual words (word anagrams), but when unscrambled formed other words, were compared to sets of letters that formed nonwords (nonsense anagrams). Word anagrams required more time to solve than nonsense anagrams. Also, fewer word anagrams were correctly solved compared to nonsense anagrams. Those individuals judged both high in hypnotic susceptibility and vivid in imaging ability demonstrated the best performance. In Experiment 2, anagrams that when unscrambled formed high-imagery words were compared to those that formed low-imagery words. High-imagery-word anagrams were solved more quickly and correctly than low-imagery-word anagrams. Such activity was best demonstrated by individual who were judged to be both high in hypnotic susceptibility and vivid in imaging ability. These results are discussed in terms of strategies for solving anagrams and the individual differences that appear to be associated with using such strategies.

Note: Article B Wallace, Cleveland State Univ, Dept Psychol, Euclid Ave & E 24TH St, Cleveland, OH 44115 USA

Keyword(s): ATTENTION; IMAGERY; RESPONSIVENESS; HYPNOSIS

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