Placebo acupuncture as a form of ritual touch healing: A neurophenomenological model

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 784-791

  Kerr, Catherine E ^a   Shaw, Jessica R ^a   Conboy, Lisa A ^a   Kelley, John M ^b,c   Jacobson, Eric ^a   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ENDICOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional filtering; Healing; Neurophenomenology; Phenomenology; Placebo acupuncture; Placebo effect; Qualitative; Ritual; Sensory processing; Touch

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HEAT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLACEBO ACUPUNCTURE; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN SENSATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PLACEBOS; SENSATION; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051665421     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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