Structural and functional correlates of hypnotic depth and suggestibility

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-159

  McGeown, William Jonathan ^a   Mazzoni, Giuliana ^b   Vannucci, Manila ^c   Venneri, Annalena ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Grey matter; Hypnosis; Susceptibility; Voxel based morphometry; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTIC DEPTH; HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIBILITY; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LEISURE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922762645     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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