Hypnotizability and spatial attentional functions

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-37

  Castellani, E ^a   D'Alessandro, L ^a   Sebastiani, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 33845407499     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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