Enhanced hypnotic suggestibility following application of burst-firing magnetic fields over the right temporoparietal lobes: A replication

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 201-207

  Healey, Faye ^a   Persinger, Michael A ^a   Koren, S A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brief durations; Burst firing; Human; Hypnosis; Magnetic fields; Right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294948     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459609070838     Document Type: Article

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