Effects of a hypnotically altered state of consciousness on intensification of semantic processing

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-401

  Szendi, István ^a   Kovács, Zoltán Ambrus ^a   Szekeres, György ^a   Galsi, Gabriella ^a   Boda, Krisztina ^a   Boncz, István ^a   Janka, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70449625698     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140903098791     Document Type: Article

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