Divided Consciousness: Multiple Controls in Human Thought and Action

by Ernest R. Hilgard

Book Overview

A seminal work on the unconscious and its mechanisms. Examines the interaction between voluntary (conscious) and involuntary (unconscious) human control mechanisms in terms of dissociation of divided consciousness. Delineates a neodissociation interpretation that recognizes historical roots without requiring commitment. Presents a wide range of data on possession states, fugues, multiple personalities, amnesia, dreams, hallucinations, automatic writing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471805726
• ISBN13: 9780471805724
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.