Furnishing hypnotic instructions with implementation intentions enhances hypnotic responsiveness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1023-1030

  Schweiger Gallo, Inge ^a   Pfau, Florian ^b   Gollwitzer, Peter M ^b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive inhibition; Hypnosis; Implementation intentions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860535085     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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