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EEG Alpha Methodologies and Hypnotizability: A Critical Review
Author(s) -
Perlini Arthur H.,
Spanos Nicholas P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1991.tb01989.x
Subject(s) - psychology , replication (statistics) , hypnosis , hypnotic susceptibility , alpha (finance) , electroencephalography , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , internal consistency , neuroscience , statistics , medicine , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology
This paper reviews empirical studies that assessed the relationship between EEG alpha indices and measures of hypnotic responding. Although there are confirmatory reports of such a relationship, these findings have not been corroborated in repeated attempts at replication. The research is characterized by poor design and statistical procedures that fail to control for various extraneous factors. Although a few positive findings have been tentatively identified, they await replication. Taken together, the available evidence suggests that hypnotizability is not systematically related to alpha.