A working model of the neurophysiology of hypnosis: A review of evidence

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-21

  Gruzelier, John ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention laterality; EEG; ERPs; Frontal limbic cingulate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000261443     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.112     Document Type: Article

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