Opening the Doors of Perception: Priming Altered States of Consciousness Outside of Conscious Awareness
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/157361209X424475
ISSN
1573-6121
Abstract
Two studies are reported in which participants' reports of altered states of consciousness (ASC) were manipulated using priming methods. Study 1 used both subtle and blunt supraliminal priming methods, while Study 2 used a subliminal priming method. Across the two studies, two different methods for inducing ASC were used. In both studies a direct and an indirect measure of ASC was employed in order to separate the more nonconscious and spontaneous (indirect) from the more conscious and directive (direct) reports of ASC. As predicted, results indicated that the indirect measures of ASC were consistent with the ASC primes participants received. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Randolph-Seng, Brandon, Michael Nielsen.
2009.
"Opening the Doors of Perception: Priming Altered States of Consciousness Outside of Conscious Awareness."
Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 31 (2): 237-260: Sage Publications.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/157361209X424475 source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1163/157361209X424475
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/psych-facpubs/47
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