Mirror agnosia and the mirrored-self misidentification delusion: A hypnotic analogue

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-226

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delusion; Hypnosis; Instrumental hypnosis; Mirror agnosia; Mirror sign; Mirrored self misidentification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGNOSIA; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SUGGESTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856934823     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2011.582770     Document Type: Review

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