Altering the state of the altered state debate: Reply to commentaries

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-55

  Kallio, Sakari ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altered states of consciousness; Hypnosis; Hypnotic virtuoso; Levels of explanations; State nonstate debate

Indexed keywords

ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUGGESTION; THEORY;

EID: 17244374852     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.22     Document Type: Review

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