Local and systemic vasodilation following hypnotic suggestion of warm tub bathing

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-65

  Casiglia, Edoardo ^a,b   Rossi, Augusto ^a,b   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^a   Scarpa, Roberta ^a   Tibaldeschi, Giorgio ^b   Giacomello, Margherita ^b,c   Canna, Paola ^a   Schiavon, Laura ^a   Rizzato, Alessandra ^a   Lapenta, Antonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Italian Centre for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Peripheral circulation; Physiology; Psychology; Warming

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEAT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BATHS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; SUGGESTION; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748103360     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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