Plural Research

*The following information was originally published on Pluralpedia, and is being published here for additional archiving purposes. You can find the Pluralpedia article for this page here.*

This page is a listing for academic resources or research on plurality and associated topics.

Please note that this page offers no commentary, support or criticism on the resources listed here. It is simply a listing of research, nothing more. Use your own judgment.

Warning: Some of these documents present arguments *against* plurality; take caution when reading.

## General Plurality

* Epidemiology of multiple personality disorder and dissociation, C.A. Ross, University of Manitoba, 1991

* Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction, Drak, Tynan, Ball State University December 2020

* “Multiple Systems” versus Dissociative Identity Disorder: Life-Style or Mental Illness?, Sullivan, Megan; Lycoming College 2011

* Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves, Gergő Ribáry, László Lajtai, Zsolt Demetrovics and Aniko Maraz, Department of Clinical Psychology and Addiction, Institute of Psychology 2017

## Dissociative Disorders

* Multiplex vs. multiple selves: Distinguishing dissociative disorders. The Monist, 82(4), 645-657, Hardcastle, V. G., & Flanagan, O. (1999)

* A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of Persons Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Hill, S. (2020)

* Problem of “otherness” in dissociative disorder, Okano, K. (2019) (Warning: Author uses possibly offensive wording to interpret some people's testimonies.)

* Dissociative Experience and Cultural Neuroscience: Narrative, Metaphor and Mechanism (Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry), Seligman, R. & Kirmayer, L. J. (2008)

## Tulpas, Parogenic and Created Plurality

* "Paranormalizing the Popular through the Tibetan Tulpa: Or what the next Dalai Lama, the X Files and Affect Theory (might) have in common" in Savage Minds, Joffe, Ben; Notes and Queries in Anthropology (U.S.A., Feb' 13, 2016).

* THE ILLUSION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCY: DO ADULT FICTION WRITERS EXPERIENCE THEIR CHARACTERS AS HAVING MINDS OF THEIR OWN? MARJORIE TAYLOR, SARA D. HODGES, and ADELE KOHANYI., University of Oregon, Eugene 2003

* The Imaginary Companions Created by Children and Adults." Play and Development: Evolutionary, Sociocultural and Functional Perspectives, Pg 227-249, 2007, Taylor, Marjorie; Mannering, Anne M.: Of Hobbles and Harvey

* Imaginary Friends: Helpful or Harmful, Klivans, Laura, May 2016

* Tracking the Tulpa : Exploring the “Tibetan” Origins of a Contemporary Paranormal Idea. Nova Religio Mikles, Natasha L.; Laycock, Joseph P.; The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 19, No. 1, Pg 87-97, August 2015

* Talking to Tulpas: Sentient Imaginary Friends, the Social Mind, and implications for Culture and Cognition Research, Samuel Veissière, 2014

* Tulpas and Mental Health: A Study of Non-Traumagenic Plural Experiences, Isler, Jacob, Research in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2017

* Varieties of Tulpa Experiences: Sentient Imaginary Friends, Embodied Joint Attention, and Hypnotic Sociality in a Wired World, Samuel Veissière, 2015