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There is an inherently fascinating quality about the topic of hypnosis. As a subject for scientific enquiry it has provided the stimulus for many a philosophical debate and numerous technical challenges. How is it defined? How is it produced? How is it measured? How can it be explained? How can it be used? For some, these and many other questions have proved too fraught with difficulties to be considered proper material for research. For others, it is the very existence of these problems that has attracted them to a study of hypnosis.
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Geldeard, B. (1987). Hypnosis: Theory and Practice. In: Karas, E. (eds) Current Issues in Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6778-3_20
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