Hypnotic trait and specific phobia: EEG and autonomic output during phobic stimulation

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Gemignani, Angelo ^a   Sebastiani, Laura ^a   Simoni, Alfredo ^a   Santarcangelo, Enrica L ^a   Ghelarducci, Brunello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral activity; Humans; Hypnotizability; Neurovegetative system; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMAGERY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33644867609     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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