Presence vs. Absence of a “hidden observer” during total deafness: The hypnotic illusion of subconsciousness vs. the imaginal attenuation of brainstem evoked potentials

Hypnosis and Imagination

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 223-234

  Kunzendorf, Robert G ^a   Boisvert, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315224374-11     Document Type: Chapter

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