Induced Hearing Deficit Generates Experimental Paranoia
- 26 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 212 (4502) , 1529-1531
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7233242
Abstract
The development of paranoid reactions was investigated in normal people experiencing a temporary loss of hearing. In a social setting, subjects made partially deaf by hypnotic suggestion, but kept unaware of the source of their deafness, became more paranoid as indicated on a variety of assessment measures. The results support a hypothesizes cognitive-social mechanism for the clinically observed relationship between paranoia and deafness in the elderly.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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