Simulation, surreptitious observation and the modification of hypnotizability: Two tests of the compliance hypothesis

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-176

  Spanos, Nicholas P ^a   Burgess, Cheryl A ^a   Wallace Capretta, Suzanne ^a   Ouaida, Nadina ^a   Streich, Thomas ^a   Cross, Patricia ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0039322251     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.65     Document Type: Article

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