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Original Article

Enhanced Hypnotic Suggestibility Following Application of Burst-Firing Magnetic Fields Over the Right Temporoparietal Lobes: A Replication

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Pages 201-207 | Received 04 Jun 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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