Changes in autonomic and EEG patterns induced by hypnotic imagination of aversive stimuli in man

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-111

  Gemignani, A ^a   Santarcangelo, E ^a   Sebastiani, L ^a   Marchese, C ^a   Mammoliti, R ^a   Simoni, A ^a   Ghelarducci, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Emotions; Heart rate; Humans; Hypnosis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BREATHING RATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034281909     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(00)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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