A stranger in the looking glass: Developing and challenging a hypnotic mirrored-self misidentification delusion

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Barnier, Amanda J ^a   Cox, Rochelle E ^a   Connors, Michael ^a   Langdon, Robyn ^a   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC MIRRORED SELF MISIDENTIFICATION DELUSION; MALE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; RATIONALIZATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649510555     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2011.522863     Document Type: Article

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