Dissociation in hysteria and hypnosis: Evidence from cognitive neuroscience

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Bell, Vaughan ^a,b   Oakley, David A ^c,d   Halligan, Peter W ^d   Deeley, Quinton ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC AMNESIA; HYPNOTIC PARALYSIS; HYPNOTIC SENSORY SYNDROME; HYSTERIA; HYSTERICAL PARALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PARALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AMNESIA; BRAIN; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PARALYSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79951809452     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.199158     Document Type: Review

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