Autonomic responses to suggestions for cold and warmth in hypnosis

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Kistler, A ^a,c   Mariauzouls, C ^b   Wyler, F ^c   Bircher, A J ^d   Wyler Harper, J ^e  

^a Bäriswil   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Psychophysiologie   (Switzerland)

^c Biel Benken ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Universitatsspital Basel Dermatologie   (Switzerland)

^e Praxis Rheuma Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic responses; Electrodermal activity; Finger temperature; Heart rate; Hypnosis; Respiration frequency; Suggestions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; COLD TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; COLD; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032943127     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021188     Document Type: Article

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