Hypnotizability and blink rate: A test of the dopamine hypothesis

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-254

  Lichtenberg, Pesach ^a,c   Even Or, Ehud ^a   Bachner Melman, Rachel ^a   Levin, Raz ^b   Brin, Aviv ^c   Heresco Levy, Uriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 45949099890     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140802039474     Document Type: Article

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