Does 'hypnosis' by any other name smell as sweet? The efficacy of 'hypnotic' inductions depends on the label 'hypnosis'

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 304-315

  Gandhi, Balaganesh ^a   Oakley, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Effect size; Expectancy; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Induction; Involuntariness; Labelling; Suggestibility; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LEISURE; MALE; ODOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUGGESTION;

EID: 20444399114     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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