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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Steven Jay Lynn is affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

Their research covers a range of topics such as psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, pain management and the placebo effect, traumatic brain injury research, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, cognitive processes, identity, memory, therapy, memory processes, influences, mental health, and psychiatry.

Recent publications by Steven Jay Lynn include:

  • "Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders Reconsidered: Beyond Sociocognitive and Trauma Models Toward a Transtheoretical Framework," 2022, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction," 2020, Applied Cognitive Psychology

Frequent co-authors in Lynn's research include:

  • Craig P. Polizzi
  • Fiona G. Sleight
  • Henry Otgaar
  • Damla Aksen
  • Charlie W. McDonald

Lynn's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • Legal and Criminological Psychology
  • Imagination Cognition and Personality
  • Consciousness and Cognition
  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

In addition to journal articles, Lynn has published books with Harvard University Press. Notable titles include "Dreaming Reality," with editions published in 2024 and 2025.

Lynn has been recognized by the American Psychological Association as a Fellow since 2013.

Best Publications

  • Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence

    Etzel Cardeña;Steven Jay Lynn;Stanley Krippner

  • Fantasy proneness. Hypnosis, developmental antecedents, and psychopathology.

    Steven J. Lynn;Judith W. Rhue

  • Why many clinical psychologists are resistant to evidence-based practice: Root causes and constructive remedies☆

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Lorie A. Ritschel;Steven Jay Lynn;Robin L. Cautin

  • Stress and coping in the time of COVID-19: Pathways to resilience and recovery

    Craig Polizzi;Steven Jay Lynn;Andrew Perry

  • Altered state of hypnosis: Changes in the theoretical landscape.

    Irving Kirsch;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Rational and Irrational Beliefs: Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice

    Daniel David;Steven Jay Lynn;Albert Ellis

  • Cognitive processes in dissociation: An analysis of core theoretical assumptions

    Timo Giesbrecht;Steven Jay Lynn;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Harald Merckelbach

  • The fantasy-prone person: hypnosis, imagination, and creativity.

    Steven J. Lynn;Judith W. Rhue

  • Electroencephalographic Biofeedback in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Vincent J. Monastra;Steven Lynn;Michael Linden;Joel F. Lubar

  • Unacknowledged versus acknowledged rape victims: situational factors and posttraumatic stress.

    Melissa J. Layman;Christine A. Gidycz;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Dissociation: Clinical and theoretical perspectives.

    Steven Jay Lynn;Judith W. Rhue

  • The role of cognition in classical and operant conditioning

    Irving Kirsch;Steven Jay Lynn;Michael Vigorito;Ralph R. Miller

  • Dissociative identity disorder and the sociocognitive model: recalling the lessons of the past.

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Irving Kirsch;Theodore R. Sarbin;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Automaticity in Clinical Psychology

    Irving Kirsch;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Theories of hypnosis : current models and perspectives

    Steven Jay Lynn;Judith W. Rhue

  • Why Ineffective Psychotherapies Appear to Work: A Taxonomy of Causes of Spurious Therapeutic Effectiveness

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Lorie A. Ritschel;Steven Jay Lynn;Robin L. Cautin

  • Dissociation theories of hypnosis.

    Irving Kirsch;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Steven Jay Lynn;Jeffrey M. Lohr

  • Hypnosis as an empirically supported clinical intervention: the state of the evidence and a look to the future.

    Steven Jay Lynn;Irving Kirsch;Arreed Barabasz;Etzel Cardeña

  • ACCEPTANCE: AN HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL REVIEW

    John C. Williams;Steven Jay Lynn

  • Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis

    Judith W. Rhue;Steven Jay Lynn;Irving Kirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirsch Harvard University
Harald Merckelbach
Harald Merckelbach Maastricht University
Daniel David
Daniel David Babeș-Bolyai University
Etzel Cardeña
Etzel Cardeña Lund University
Guy H. Montgomery
Guy H. Montgomery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael N. Hallquist
Michael N. Hallquist Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine
Robert D. Latzman
Robert D. Latzman Georgia State University
John Ruscio
John Ruscio College of New Jersey

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