Hypnosis and heavy smartphone use are both characterised by absorbed states in which one loses track of time and responds automatically to stimuli. In this pre-registered study, we tested whether there was a relationship between smartphone addiction and hypnotisability: one’s tendency to follow suggestions under hypnosis. Over 11 public lectures, we hypnotised 641 student-aged participants; after the hypnosis session, participants completed the Smartphone Addiction Scale (Short Version). There was a positive correlation between hypnotisability and smartphone addiction (r =.17, 95% CI [.09,.24], p
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Olson, J. A., Stendel, M., & Veissière, S. (2020). Hypnotised by Your Phone? Smartphone Addiction Correlates With Hypnotisability. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00578
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