. ▁Dis soci aters ▁usually ▁had ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁child hood ▁ab use ▁or ▁other ▁significant ▁tra uma , ▁had ▁learned ▁to ▁escape ▁into ▁num b ness , ▁and ▁to ▁forget ▁un ple asant ▁events . ▁Their ▁association ▁to ▁“ day d ream ing ” ▁was ▁often ▁going ▁blank ▁rather ▁than ▁v ivid ly ▁re called ▁fant as ies . ▁Both ▁score ▁equally ▁high ▁on ▁formal ▁scales ▁of ▁hyp not ic ▁sus cept ibility . ▁ ▁Other ▁research ▁by ▁Bar rett ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁similar ities ▁and ▁differences ▁of ▁day d ream s ▁and ▁no ct urn al ▁dream ing ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁earliest ▁mem ories ▁as ▁reflect ing ▁a ▁micro cos m ▁of ▁an ▁individual ’ s ▁world view . ▁Bar rett ▁is ▁interested ▁in ▁film ▁and ▁has ▁written ▁on ▁techniques ▁which ▁films ▁use ▁to ▁represent ▁dream s ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁negative ▁s tere ot ypes ▁of ▁hyp nos is ▁in ▁film . ▁ ▁Most ▁recently ▁Bar rett ▁has ▁written ▁on ▁evolution ary ▁psych ology , ▁especially ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁super normal ▁stim uli — the ▁idea ▁that ▁technology ▁can ▁create ▁an ▁artificial ▁object ▁which ▁pull s ▁an ▁instinct ▁more ▁strongly ▁than ▁that ▁for ▁which ▁it ▁evol ved . ▁The ▁phrase ▁" super normal ▁stim uli " ▁was ▁co ined ▁by ▁the ▁Dutch ▁scient ist ▁N iko ▁T in ber gen ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁Bar rett ' s ▁book ▁Wa ist land ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁ ▁expl ores ▁the ▁weight ▁and