The Hypnotic Dream: A Reconceptualization

Walker, Priscilla C.

doi:10.1080/00029157.1974.10403689

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“…"Hypnotic dreams" are multifaceted productions (Hilgard & Nowlis, 1972;Tart, 1965;Walker, 1974). Some, for example, appear to be plausible, internally consistent, and bland, while others are implausible, fragmentary and frightening.…”

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“…Reviews of the literature by Barber (1962), Tart (1965) and Walker (1974) indicate that for the typical experimental subject "hypnotic dreams" consist of short, relatively unelaborated descriptions of mundane, emotionally uncharged, imaginary events. The findings of the present study are consistent with this picture.…”

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“…Most of the research in this area has focused on similarities and differences among night dreams, "hypnotic dreams," and the fantasy productions of non-hypnotic subjects asked to imagine. The bulk of empirical evidence concerning these issues (reviewed by Barber, 1962;Moss, 1967; Tart, 1965;Walker, 1974) indicates that "hypnotic dreams," and night dreams are dissimilar in many important respects. On the other…”

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Involvement in Suggestion-Related Imaginings and the “Hypnotic Dream”

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Ham²

1975

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

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Forty-nine female student nurses were administered the Barber Suggestibility Scale (BSS) in a group hypnosis session, and an "hypnotic dream" suggestion in a later individual session. Following the "dream" suggestion subjects rated the extent to which they (a) became involved in their imaginings, and (b) experienced their imaginings as an involuntary process. Furthermore, two judges independently rated the transcribed "dream" protocol of each subject for imaginative involvement. The judges also rated the "dream" protocols of 30 of the subjects for implausibility, fearfulness, and fragmentation. Subjects' selfratings of involvement and judges' ratings of "dream" protocols for involvement correlated highly with one another. Both involvement measures also correlated with self-ratings of involuntariness of imagining, and with BSS scores. Finally, self-ratings of involvement correlated with the degree of implausibility, and fearfulness found in the "dream" protocols. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that individual differences in response to an "hypnotic dream" suggestion reflect differences in subjects' willingness and ability to become involved in their imagining.The term "hypnotic dream" refers to the experiences of subjects who have been administered an explicit suggestion to "have a dream" during a hypnotic session. Most of the research in this area has focused on similarities and differences among night dreams, "hypnotic dreams," and the fantasy productions of non-hypnotic subjects asked to imagine. The bulk of empirical evidence concerning these issues (reviewed by Barber, 1962;Moss, 1967; Tart, 1965;Walker, 1974) indicates that "hypnotic dreams," and night dreams are dissimilar in many important respects. On the other

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“…Hypnotic dreams can be induced via content-neutral suggestions, i.e., without a specific instruction about what the dream should be about. Early studies during the middle of the previous century reported contradictory findings with regard to whether hypnotic dreams showed phenomenological similarities with nocturnal dreams ( 19 , 20 ) or with daydreams ( 21 , 22 ). It has been argued that hypnotic dreams form a broad category with different types like simply thinking about something; mind-wandering (daydreaming); vivid hallucinations like watching a film; and feeling located in a dream world ( 23 ).…”

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Dreaming, Mind-Wandering, and Hypnotic Dreams

Fazekas

Németh

2020

Front. Neurol.

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Hobson's AIM theory offers a general framework for thinking about states of consciousness like wakefulness, REM dreaming and NREM mentations in terms of a state space defined by the dimensions of the level of brain activity, the source of input, and the type of neurochemical modulation. This account inspired theoretical models of other altered states of consciousness—including hypnosis—claiming that studying REM dreaming can advance our understanding of these phenomena as well. However, recent developments showed that hypnosis is not a sleep like stage, and that the REM-centric attitude toward dreaming is mistaken. At the same time, the advancement of the neuro-cognitive theory claiming that dreaming and mind-wandering are on a continuum both underlain by default-mode network activity called many aspects of the AIM theory into question. Our aim in this paper is to show that certain hypnotic states—hypnotic dreams (experiences that subjects have in a hypnotic state as a result of an explicit suggestion to have a dream)—can, nevertheless, be highly relevant for the neuro-cognitive theory, and that their comparison with dreaming and mind-wandering has the potential to advance the field in unexpected ways.

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“…Tart (1966) found a correlation between depth of trance and vividness of hypnotic dreams. Some authors such as Barber (1962) and Walker (1974) assert that hypnotic dream content is identical to that of waking fantasy and quite different from nocturnal dreams. Obviously there are many contradictions in the literature of this area.…”

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The hypnotic dream: Its relation to nocturnal dreams and waking fantasies.

Barrett¹

1979

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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The literature in the area of hypnotic dreams is reviewed. Physiological correlates of hypnotic dreams were found to be better established than content characteristics. This study examined the content of hypnotic dreams in relation to that of nocturnal and daydreams from the same subjects. Deep trance subjects' hypnotic dreams were found to be similar to their nocturnal dreams and different from daydreams on a wide variety of characteristics including length, emotional themes, characters, setting, and amount of distortion. Medium trance subjects' hypnotic dreams were found to fall between their nocturnal dreams and daydreams on most of these measures.

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The Hypnotic Dream: A Reconceptualization

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Involvement in Suggestion-Related Imaginings and the “Hypnotic Dream”

Involvement in Suggestion-Related Imaginings and the “Hypnotic Dream”

Dreaming, Mind-Wandering, and Hypnotic Dreams

The hypnotic dream: Its relation to nocturnal dreams and waking fantasies.

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