title: Hypnosis: a sesquicentennial essay.
abstract: The present paper views Coe's (1992) reflections on the sociopolitical interests in clinical and experimental hypnosis against the background of Braid's Neurypnology of 1843. Topics considered are: the significance of the label "hypnosis"; the controversy over state; the tension between credulity and skepticism; the problem of dissociation and automaticity; current theoretical conflicts; and the relationships between practitioners and researchers.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Kihlstrom
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D007092:Imagination; D012106:Research