Finn Michael T, Goldman Jared I, Lyon Gyrid B, Nash Michael R
a University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Tennessee , USA.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2017 Jan-Mar;65(1):4-17. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2017.1246848.
The division of cognition into primary and secondary processes is an important part of contemporary psychoanalytic metapsychology. Whereas primary processes are most characteristic of unconscious thought and loose associations, secondary processes generally govern conscious thought and logical reasoning. It has been theorized that an induction into hypnosis is accompanied by a predomination of primary-process cognition over secondary-process cognition. The authors hypothesized that highly hypnotizable individuals would demonstrate more primary-process cognition as measured by a recently developed cognitive-perceptual task. This hypothesis was not supported. In fact, low hypnotizable participants demonstrated higher levels of primary-process cognition. Exploratory analyses suggested a more specific effect: felt connectedness to the hypnotist seemed to promote secondary-process cognition among low hypnotizable participants.
将认知划分为初级过程和次级过程是当代精神分析元心理学的重要组成部分。初级过程最具无意识思维和松散联想的特征，而次级过程通常支配有意识思维和逻辑推理。从理论上来说，进入催眠状态伴随着初级过程认知对次级过程认知的主导。作者们假设，通过一项最近开发的认知-感知任务来衡量，高度可催眠的个体将表现出更多的初级过程认知。这一假设未得到支持。事实上，低可催眠性的参与者表现出更高水平的初级过程认知。探索性分析表明了一个更具体的效应：与催眠师的情感联结似乎促进了低可催眠性参与者的次级过程认知。
