Oxytocin as a moderator of hypnotizability

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-166

  Bryant, Richard A ^a   Hung, Lynette ^a   Guastella, Adam J ^b   Mitchell, Philip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypnotizability; Oxytocin; Social bonding; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 83055173105     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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