Psychological dissociation and temporal integration/segregation across the senses: An experimental study.

Autor: Cavicchioli M; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy; Faculty of Psychology, Sigmund Freud University, Ripa di Porta Ticinese 77, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: marco.cavicchioli@uniroma1.it., Santoni A; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Chiappetta F; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Deodato M; Psychology Program, Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Di Dona G; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Scalabrini A; Department of Human and Social Science, University of Bergamo, Mental Health, Bergamo, Italy., Galli F; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, SAPIENZA University of Rome, Italy., Ronconi L; School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Consciousness and cognition [Conscious Cogn] 2024 Sep; Vol. 124, pp. 103731. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103731
Abstrakt: There are no studies that have experimentally tested how temporal integration/segregation of sensory inputs might be linked to the emergence of dissociative experiences and alterations of emotional functioning. Thirty-six participants completed 3 sensory integration tasks. Psychometric thresholds were estimated as indexes of temporal integration/segregation processes. We collected self-report measures of pre-task trait levels of dissociation, as well as pre- post-task changes in both dissociation and emotionality. An independent sample of 21 subjects completed a control experiment administering the Attention Network Test. Results showed: (i) a significant increase of dissociative experiences after the completion of sensory integration tasks, but not after the ANT task; (ii) that subjective thresholds predicted the emergence of dissociative states; (iii) temporal integration efforts affected positive emotionality, which was explained by the extent of task-dependent dissociative states. The present findings reveal that dissociation could be understood in terms of an imbalance between "hyper-segregation" and "hyper-integration" processes.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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