Perceptual Phenomena and Personality in Sensory Deprivation

From time to time, normal human beings not suffering from any mental illness have reported experiences either akin to or identical with hallucinations (Byrd, 1938; Slocum, 1948; Ritter, 1954; Bombard, 1955). The common features in these reports have been the social isolation of the people involved a...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1968-12, Vol.114 (517), p.1499-1508
Main Author: Leff, J. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Auditory Perception
Consciousness
Hallucinations
Humans
Male
Perceptual Distortion
Personality
Personality Disorders
Personality Inventory
Psychomotor Disorders
Schizophrenia
Sensory Deprivation
Visual Perception
Voice
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Summary:From time to time, normal human beings not suffering from any mental illness have reported experiences either akin to or identical with hallucinations (Byrd, 1938; Slocum, 1948; Ritter, 1954; Bombard, 1955). The common features in these reports have been the social isolation of the people involved and the physical hardships of their living conditions. They have usually been solitary mariners or polar explorers. Scientific interest was not aroused in these phenomena until directed to them by the experiences of prisoners of war in Korea who had undergone “brain-washing” techniques. At this time, Hebb and his colleagues began a series of experiments which opened up an era of widespread research into the field of Sensory Deprivation.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.114.517.1499