I claim that ganzfeld treatment cures all anxiety disorders. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually did work as well as EMDR. In fact, EMDR might be a good control procedure for testing the specificity of the ganzfeld treatment, being somewhat the opposite of ganzfeld perceptually.
Bill Scott >>> Michael Britt <[email protected]> 02/09/09 11:23 AM >>> Yes - I agree: it's hard to find any "treatment" that someone won't ardently adhere to. So in your demonstration what do you say the "Ganfeld treatment" actually "cures"? I like the memorable visual component of the demonstration. Michael Britt [email protected] www.thepsychfiles.com On Feb 9, 2009, at 11:00 AM, William Scott wrote: > You're going to have trouble finding an "actual" treatment out there > that isn't believed in by somebody in your audience or someone in > their immediate family. I have done the same thing you are proposing > by inventing a treatment that I demonstrate on myself in class. It's > called the "ganzfeld treatment" and works well because it is a real > term from perceptual psychology and it is easy to generate a > therapeutic/pseudo-scientific rationale for its application > (patients need to clear the sensorium, experience perceptual re- > birth, etc.) It involves wearing two half ping-pong balls (easily > available at most campus area convenience stores around here for > some reason) over my eyes while I speak. The image is entertaining > and the students tend to remember the class in evaluations. I then > go through the methods of testing the effectiveness of the > treatment, as you are planning to do. > > Also, it is fun to demonstrate the ganzfeld effect with the ping > pong balls as a real phenomenon. > > Bill Scott > > >>>> Michael Britt <[email protected]> 02/09/09 10:26 AM >>>> >>> > I wonder if anyone had any suggestions for me. I'm planning an > episode in which I want to talk about research design and various > confounds and threats to validity (a la Campbell) and I want to use an > example of a treatment (the "X" in Campbell's terminology) that we > know doesn't work. I was going to use teaching methods that attempt > to incorporate learning styles, but that's a hot topic, upon which not > everyone agrees so I'd rather not use it because I don't want the > treatment that I use as an example to distract from the topic of > research design. I suppose I could just make something up but > thought I'd check to see if anyone had any ideas. > > Appreciate it, > > Michael > > Michael Britt > [email protected] > www.thepsychfiles.com > > > > > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
