trance logic

the apparent tendency of hypnotized individuals to engage simultaneously in logically contradictory or paradoxical thoughts and perceptions and to be oblivious to their incongruity. It has been suggested that trance logic represents evidence of parallel processing in that there appears to be simultaneous registration of information at different levels of awareness. See divided consciousness; neodissociation theory. [coined by Martin T. Orne]

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October 9th 2024

chromo- (chrom-; chromato-)

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