Motor imagery in hypnosis: Accuracy and duration of motor imagery in waking and hypnotic states

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis,  Jul 2005  by Wickramsekera, Ian II

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Konradt, B., Deeb, S., & Scholz, O. (2005). Motor imagery in hypnosis: Accuracy and duration of motor imagery in waking and hypnotic states. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 53 (2), 148-169. In this study the authors examined response time and accuracy of motor imagery in hypnosis and waking states of consciousness.

The authors employed the Vividness of Motor Imagery Questionnaire (VMIQ) and other measures with 47 participants. The subjects performed mental walking tasks of varying distances in the waking state and also in hypnosis using a counterbalanced design. The results demonstrated a significant interaction effect for condition (awake vs. hypnosis) and distance. The participants were significantly slower in the hypnosis condition across all combinations and were also significantly less accurate in their time/distance estimation. The authors interpreted their results to be supportive of a state-trait-conception of hypnotic imagery. Email address: brigette.konradt@uni-bonn.de

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