Social-cognitive alternatives to dissociation theories of hypnotic involuntariness

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-80

  Kirsch, Irving ^a   Lynn, Steven Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038059289     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.2.1.66     Document Type: Article

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