Ernest Ropiequet "Jack" Hilgard was an American psychologist and professor at Stanford University.
13 Facts About Ernest Hilgard
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Ernest Hilgard became famous in the 1950s for his research on hypnosis, especially with regard to pain control.
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Ernest Hilgard was initially drawn to engineering; he received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1924.
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Ernest Hilgard was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1958.
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In 1984 Ernest Hilgard was awarded the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing from the National Academy of Sciences, of which he was a member.
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Ernest Hilgard died in 2001 in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 97.
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Ernest Hilgard is specifically known for his theory that a so-called "hidden observer" is created in the mind while hypnosis is taking place.
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In one of his books, Ernest Hilgard described a classic test demonstrating how this hidden entity is part of our consciousness.
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Ernest Hilgard wrote of a blind student who was hypnotized and, while in a trance state, was told that he would become deaf.
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Ernest Hilgard quietly said to the student, Perhaps there is some part of you that is hearing my voice and processing the information.
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Ernest Hilgard argued that this split in consciousness can not only help define the state of mind reached during hypnosis, but can help to define a vast range of psychological issues such as dissociative identity disorder.
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In Ernest Hilgard's Divided Consciousness Reconsidered, he offers many examples of "dissociated" human behavior.
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Ernest Hilgard was the author of three hugely influential textbooks on topics other than hypnosis.