Empirical resolution of the altered state debate

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Kirsch, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hallucinations; Hypnosis; Nonstate; Posthypnotic suggestion; State

Indexed keywords

ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SUGGESTION;

EID: 17244370482     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.17     Document Type: Short Survey

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