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Hypnotic state: An interminable controversy

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Commentary onSpanosNicholas P. (1986) Hypnotic behavior: A social-psychological interpretation of amnesia, analgesia, and “trance logic.”BBS 9:449–502.

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Léon Chertok
Léon Chertok
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Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière, Saint Louis, 22 rue Legendre, 75017 Paris
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 773 - 774
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