Neurophysiological Correlates of Post-Hypnotic Alexia: A Controlled Study with Stroop Test

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-233

  Casiglia, Edoardo ^a,b   Schiff, Sami ^a   Facco, Enrico ^a   Gabbana, Amos ^a   Tikhonoff, ValéRie ^a   Schiavon, Laura ^a   Bascelli, Anna ^a   Avdia, Marsel ^a   Tosello, Maria Teresa ^b   Rossi, Augusto Mario ^b   Nasto, Hilda Haxhi ^a   Guidotti, Federica ^a   Giacomello, Margherita ^c   Amodio, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Italian Center for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexia; Color; Experimental; Hypnosis; Interference; Post hypnotic conditioning; Stroop test; Word

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STROOP TEST; SUGGESTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROOP TEST; SUGGESTION;

EID: 77949911122     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2010.10401721     Document Type: Article

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