Hypnotic susceptibility and holistic/emotional styles of thinking

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 76-83

  Brown, R J ^a   Oakley, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analytic thinking; Cognitive style; Holistic thinking; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041181059     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.118     Document Type: Article

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