How do psychological factors influence autonomic responses to acupuncture?
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∗ Corresponding author. Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Ky ongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea. E-mail address: [email protected] ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2014.12.003 213-4220/© 2015 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Else http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). In each experiment, participants experienced synchronous and asynchronous brush stroking sessions in random order.
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