Hypnotizability-related EEG alpha and theta activities during visual and somesthetic imageries

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 470, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Cavallaro, Francesca I ^a   Cacace, Immacolata ^b   Del Testa, Massimiliano ^a   Andre, Paolo ^a   Carli, Giancarlo ^a   De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^b   Rocchi, Raffaele ^a   Santarcangelo, Enrica L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Hypnotic susceptibility; Hypnotizability; Imagery; Sensory modality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IMAGINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THETA RHYTHM; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149092509     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.044     Document Type: Article

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