Left hemisphere superiority for event-related potential effects of hypnotic obstruction

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 661-668

  Jasiukaitis, Paul ^a   Nouriani, Bita ^a   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypnotic obstruction; Imagery; Left hemisphere; Visual event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029945763     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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