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Does the More Vivid Imagery of High Hypnotizables Depend on Greater Cognitive Effort? A Test of Dissociation and Social-Cognitive Theories of Hypnosis

Beruhen die lebhafteren Vorstellungen von gut hypnosefähigen Probanden auf stärkerer Anstrengung? Eine Überprüfung der Dissoziations- und der Sozial-kognitiven Therorie der Hypnose

Pamela Sadler und Erik Z. Woody

L'imagerie mentale plus vive des personnes dotées d'une haute hypnotisabilité résulte-t-elle d'un effort cognitif supérieur? Un test des théories dissociatives et socio-cognitives de l'hypnose

Pamela Sadler et Erik Z. Woody

Depende la imaginación más vívida de los altamente hipnotizables de un esfuerzo cognitivo mayor? Una comparación de las teorías de hipnosis de disociación y socio-cognitivas

Pamela Sadler y Erik Z. Woody

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Pages 372-391 | Received 26 Nov 2005, Published online: 25 Nov 2010

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