Horvath T, Friedman J, Meares R
Am J Psychiatry. 1980 Feb;137(2):217-20. doi: 10.1176/ajp.137.2.217.
Toward the end of the 19th century, Janet suggested that the fundamental disorder in hysteria was one of attention. The authors examined this idea in a study of habituation. Patients with a history of prolonged conversion symptons (N = 11) showed a severe impairment in habituation when compared with patients with anxiety neuroses (N = 10). This finding cannot be explained in terms of arousal and suggests that selective inattention is deficient in hysterical individuals.
在19世纪末，珍妮特提出癔症的根本障碍在于注意力方面。作者们在一项关于习惯化的研究中检验了这一观点。有长期转换症状病史的患者（N = 11）与焦虑神经症患者（N = 10）相比，在习惯化方面表现出严重受损。这一发现无法用唤醒理论来解释，表明癔症患者存在选择性注意力缺陷。
