Varieties of attention in hypnosis and meditation

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1582-1585

  Lifshitz, Michael ^a   Campbell, Natasha K J ^a   Raz, Amir ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Contemplative practice; De automatization; Hypnosis; Meditation; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEDITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOTE;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS;

EID: 84865377891     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.05.008     Document Type: Note

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