Searching for placebo effects: Do sensitive personality and breathing instructions influence the experience of flotation-REST (restricted environmental stimulation technique)?

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-221

  Kjellgren, Anette ^a   Lindahl, Andreas ^a   Norlander, Torsten ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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