This is another example of TV spreading false information.
The rolling of the eye test was recently mentioned on
TV- Sigh.
Patrick
At 05:26 PM 1/21/99 -0500, maxwell gwynn f wrote:
>Rick:
>
>The eye-roll sign as a test of hypnotizability lacks empirical support,
>and has yielded far more failures-to-replicate than it has replications.
>It is still, however, being used by some clinicians and even some
>researchers (gulp) as one component of a short assessment package.
>
>Personally, I'd stay away from the eye-roll sign as a measure of anything
>other than how far back you can roll your eyes before they close.
>
>Max Gwynn
>
>On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Rick Froman wrote:
>
>> A student just mentioned that they had heard that you can tell how
>> hypnotizable a person is by noting how far back in their head they can
>> roll their eyes. I know there are methods for measuring hypnotizability
>> but this sounded far-fetched. Has anyone heard of this or know if such
>> a procedure is used?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> Dr. Rick Froman
>> Psychology Department
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>> John Brown University
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>> "Instead of having 'answers' on a math test, they should just call them
>> 'impressions,' and if you got a different 'impression,' so what, can't
>> we all be brothers?" -- Jack Handey
>>
>
>Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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