Emily Carota Orne, research associate of psychology in Penn’s department of psychiatry, died on August 1. She was 77 years old.

She graduated in 1959 from Bennington College and did graduate work in psychology at Brandeis University. In 1962, she authored the widely used Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility.

Ms. Orne joined Penn as a research associate in the department of psychiatry in 1979. For more than 40 years at Penn, she collaborated with her husband, the late Martin T. Orne, professor of psychiatry, on research in psychology, sleep and the medical use of hypnosis. In 1997, she became a member of the department of experimental psychiatry, where in 2001 she became a senior research coordinator.

She authored 38 scientific articles and reviews in these areas and was the recipient of several scholarly awards and honors, including the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for achievements in hypnosis from the International Society of Hypnosis. She continued to contribute to research in various capacities until her retirement in 2014.

Ms. Orne is survived by her son, Frank; her daughter, Tracy; her brother, Noel Farrell Carota; her sisters-in-law, Lindsay Stradley Carota and Susie Orne, and their families; and her caregiver, Michael McCullough.

Memorial donations may be made to the Institute for Experimental Psychiatry Research Foundation, 290 Sycamore Avenue, Merion Station, PA 19066.