Suggested visual hallucination without hypnosis enhances activity in visual areas of the brain

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-116

  McGeown, William J ^a   Venneri, Annalena ^b,c,f   Kirsch, Irving ^d   Nocetti, Luca ^e   Roberts, Kathrine ^a   Foan, Lisa ^a   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Color; Hypnosis; Perception; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLAUSTRUM; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUGGESTION;

EID: 84857501561     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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