Hypnotizability, creative capacity, creativity styles, absorption, and phenomenological experience during hypnosis

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-24

  Manmiller, Jessica L ^a   Kumar, V K ^a   Pekala, Ronald J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 17444391253     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1701_2     Document Type: Article

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