Pain-reduction strategies in hypnotic context and hypnosis: ERPs and SCRs during a secondary auditory task

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-363

  De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^a   Bellusci, Anna ^a   Gallo, Carlo ^a   Magurano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Chen, Andrew C N ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 10644225372     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140490883932     Document Type: Article

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