Hypnosis induces a changed composition of brain oscillations in EEG: A case study

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Fingelkurts, Alexander A ^a   Fingelkurts, Andrew A ^a   Kallio, Sakari ^b   Revonsuo, Antti ^b,c  

^a BM Science   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive classification; Brain functions; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Hypnosis; Short term spectral patterns; Theta alpha beta oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 54849426028     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.327     Document Type: Article

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