Biomedical subjects

R T Hurlburt

Publications and source records attributed to R T Hurlburt.

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PubMed1997

Randomly sampling thinking in the natural environment.

Thought sampling, the experience sampling method (ESM), and descriptive experience sampling are 3 methods of randomly sampling thinking in participants' natural environments. All use beepers that signal participants to report aspects of their experience and behavior at random intervals. Thought sampling and ESM are quantitative methods, and standard validation studies have demonstrated them to be reliable and valid. They provide insights into human experience and behavior that are difficult or impossible to attain by nonsampling methods. Descriptive experience sampling is a nonquantitative method that provides provocative descriptions of phenomena such as "unsymbolized thinking"--thoughts that occur in awareness without words, images, or any other kind of symbols--and perception that has no figure--ground phenomena.

Awareness↗

PubMed1994

Sampling the form of inner experience in three adults with Asperger syndrome.

Three adults with Asperger syndrome were invited to talk about their inner experiences, using an experience sampling and interview technique. They reported thoughts primarily or solely in the form of images. By contrast, normal adults previously tested with this technique reported inner experiences of a variety of forms. The present report suggests the feasibility and potential interest of the experience sampling method with high-functioning individuals with autistic disorder.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1987

"Goofed-up" images: thought sampling with a schizophrenic woman.

A variant of the time-sampling method, experience sampling, was used to produce a narrative description of the inner experience of a schizophrenic young woman. In general, her inner experience was predominantly visual, and those images were frequently "goofed up", i.e., tilted, obliterated, or inaccurate in detail. The case has methodological significance in that it demonstrates that the descriptive time-sampling method can provide useful information about individuals, and also has significance in our understanding of schizophrenia, in that it exemplifies in detail the everyday distortions of inner experience in schizophrenia.

Adult↗