Divided Consciousness: Multiple Controls in Human Thought and Action (Wiley series in behaviour) Expanded Edition

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A seminal work on the unconscious and its mechanisms. Examines the interaction between voluntary (conscious) and involuntary (unconscious) human control mechanisms in terms of dissociation of divided consciousness. Delineates a neodissociation interpretation that recognizes historical roots without requiring commitment. Presents a wide range of data on possession states, fugues, multiple personalities, amnesia, dreams, hallucinations, automatic writing, and aggressions. Preface to Expanded Edition vii Preface ix Copyrights and Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Divided Consciousness and the Concept of Dissociation 1 Chapter 2 Possession States, Fugues, and Multiple Personalities 17 Chapter 3 Hypnotic Age Regression 43 Chapter 4 Amnesia and Repression 62 Chapter 5 Dreams, Hallucinations, and Imagination 87 Chapter 6 Voluntary and Involuntary Control of Muscular Movement 115 Chapter 7 Automatic Writing and Divided Attention 131 Chapter 8 The Hypnotizable Person and the Hypnotic Experience 155 Chapter 9 Divided Consciousness in Hypnosis: The “Hidden Observer” 185 Chapter 10 How the Hypnotized Person Perceives and Interprets the Hidden Observer 204 Chapter 11 A Neodissociation Interpretation of Divided Consciousness 216 Chapter 12 Neodissociation in a Wider Context 242 APPENDIX. The Measurement of Hypnotic Responsiveness 257 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INDEX 267 ADDENDUM 293 INDEX 301