Synthesis:Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory
Dimensions and sub-dimensions
- Altered state of awareness
- Altered experience
- Altered body image
- Altered time sense
- Altered perception
- Altered meaning
- Volitional control
- Self-awareness
- Rationality
- Internal dialogue
- Positive affect
- Joy
- Sexual excitement
- Love
- Negative affect
- Anger
- Sadness
- Fear
- Imagery
- Amount
- Vividness
- Attention
- Direction
- Absorption
- Memory
- Arousal
Items
- I was forever distracted and unable to concentrate on anything. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was able to concentrate quite well and was not distracted.
- My thinking was clear and understandable. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My thinking was unclear and not easy to understand.
- The thoughts and images I had were under my control; I decided what I thought or imagined. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Images and thoughts popped into my mind without my control.
- I had an experience which I would label as very religious, spiritual, or transcendental. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not have any experience which I would label as religious, spiritual, or transcendental.
- I became aware of very intense sexual feelings. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no sexual feelings.
- I was silently talking to myself a great deal. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I did not engage in any silent talking to myself.
- I felt very, very sad. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of sadness whatsoever.
- My attention was completely directed toward my own internal subjective experience. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My attention was completely directed toward the world around me.
- I felt ecstatic and joyful. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no feelings of being ecstatic or joyful.
- I cannot remember what I experienced. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can remember just about everything that I experienced.
- My body ended at the boundary between my skin and the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt my body greatly expanded beyond the boundaries of my skin.
- I experienced a great deal of visual imagery. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced no visual imagery at all.
- I was not aware of being aware of myself at all; I had no self-awareness. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I was very aware of being aware of myself; my self-awareness was intense.
- I felt no emotions of rage whatsoever. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt enraged.
- My perception of the flow of time changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the flow of time.
- I felt very frightened. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt no emotions of being frightened.
- My perception of the world changed drastically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I noticed no changes in my perception of the world.
- My visual imagery was so vivid and three-dimensional, it seemed real. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 My visual imagery was so vague and diffuse, it was hard to get an image of anything.
- The muscles of my body felt very tense and tight. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 The muscles of my body felt very loose and relaxed.
- I experienced no feelings of love. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I experienced very strong feelings of love.
- My state of consciousness was not any different or unusual from what it ordinarily is. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I felt in an extremely different and unusual state of consciousness.
- I can recall nothing that happened to me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I can recall everything that happened to me.
- I had an experience of awe and reverence toward the world. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 I had no experience of awe and reverence toward the world.