A hypnotic paradigm for studying intrusive memories

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Hill, Zoe ^a   Hung, Lynette ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Intrusions; Unwanted thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; INTRUSIVE MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77955981556     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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