Imaging hypnotic paralysis: implications for conversion hysteria

Halligan, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-6690, Athwal, B. S., Oakley, D. A. and Frackowiak, R. S. J. 2000. Imaging hypnotic paralysis: implications for conversion hysteria. The Lancet 355 (9208) , pp. 986-987. 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)99019-6

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Abstract

In a single case study with positron emission tomography (PET) functional imaging, hypnotic paralysis activated similar brain areas to those in conversion hysteria, supporting the view that hypnosis and hysteria might share common neurophysiological mechanisms.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	Elsevier Limited
ISSN:	0140-6736
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35215

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