Hypnotizability, hypnosis and prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex in healthy women: An ERP analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^a   Russo, Emanuela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896715159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079605     Document Type: Article

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