Patterns of Occurrence of Four States of Consciousness as a Function of Trait Absorption.
Journal for person-oriented research January 1, 2019 Joseph Glicksohn 7 citations
People experience four unusual states of consciousness—the hypnagogic state (falling asleep), hypnopompic state (waking up), lucid dreaming (knowing one is dreaming), and out-of-the-body experiences (sensing the world from outside the body)—in different patterns. A cross-sectional study of 251 participants examined how trait Absorption relates to these patterns. Two opposing predictions were tested: that higher Absorption increases differentiation among these states, or that it decreases differentiation. Both predictions were supported: moving from slightly below to slightly above the median on Absorption increased differentiation, but very high Absorption compared to very low Absorption decreased differentiation.