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Time perception and the experience of agency in meditation and hypnosis

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posted on 2023-06-12, 08:58 authored by Peter LushPeter Lush, Zoltan DienesZoltan Dienes
Mindfulness meditation and hypnosis are related in opposing ways to awareness of intentions. The cold control theory of hypnosis proposes that hypnotic responding involves the experience of involuntariness while performing an actually intentional action. Hypnosis therefore relies upon inaccurate metacognition about intentional actions and experiences. Mindfulness meditation centrally involves awareness of intentions and is associated with improved metacognitive access to intentions. Therefore, mindfulness meditators and highly hypnotizable people may lie at opposite ends of a spectrum with regard to metacognitive access to intention-related information. Here we review the theoretical background and evidence for differences in the metacognition of intentions in these groups, as revealed by chronometric measures of the awareness of voluntary action: the timing of an intention to move (Libet's “W” judgments) and the compressed perception of time between an intentional action and its outcome (“intentional binding”). We review these measures and critically evaluate their proposed connection to the experience of volition and sense of agency.

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Journal

PsyCh Journal

ISSN

2046-0252

Publisher

Wiley

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1

Volume

8

Page range

36-50

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  • Informatics Publications

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Special Issue: ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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Legacy Posted Date

2019-01-25

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-04-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-01-24

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