Disruption of synaesthesia by posthypnotic suggestion: An ERP study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3360-3364

  Terhune, Devin Blair ^a   Cardeña, Etzel ^a   Lindgren, Magnus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Cognitive control; Hypnosis; N400; Posthypnotic suggestion; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77955843691     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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