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
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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
>
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