The semantics and physiology of hypnosis as an altered state: Towards a definition of hypnosis

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-165

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definition; Dissociation; Hypnosis; Psychophysiology; Sociocognitive theory; State theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001812079     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.125     Document Type: Article

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