The 'hidden observer' and ideomotor responding: A real-simulator comparison

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 123-137

  Green, Joseph P ^a   Page, Roger A ^a   Handley, George W ^a   Rasekhy, Rouhangiz ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hidden observer; Hypnosis; Real simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NOCICEPTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

EID: 27144527544     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.8     Document Type: Article

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