Effects of hypnotic induction and hypnotic depth on phonemic fluency: A test of the frontal inhibition account of hypnosis

International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-40

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a   Cole, Jon C ^a   Brunas Wagstaff, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Frontal lobes; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547345714     PISSN: 15777057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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