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greymattermom

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2. It's a very mainstream journal
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 09:15 AM
Nov 2015

and very hard to get anything published there. I'm sure the science is solid and can get the pdf if anyone want to read it.

I can't get to the article at the link, but I'd be curious to know enough Nov 2015 #1
It's a very mainstream journal greymattermom Nov 2015 #2
As I said in my question, I was asking a serious question, not doubting the science or the Journal enough Nov 2015 #7
That would be my immediate question, too. longship Nov 2015 #3
Mindfulness training is used by major corporations such as Google and Apple Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #4
I do not assume that it is woo. That is why I'm wondering about the question of enough Nov 2015 #8
Of course Myrth Nov 2015 #5
C.G. Jung Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #6
Excellent quotes. Duppers Nov 2015 #9
Even 'the placebo effect' is a form of mindfulness in a way Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #10
So the conclusion is that Mindfulness Meditation works better for pain than doing nothing? Thor_MN Dec 2015 #11
no it works better than the placebo effect Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #12
The placebo IS doing nothing. The placebo effect is based on faith that something is being done. Thor_MN Dec 2015 #13
The placebo is NOT "doing nothing" bananas Dec 2015 #14
The placebo is inert, therefore doing nothing. Thor_MN Dec 2015 #15
That's not correct. bananas Dec 2015 #17
You are comingling the term "Placebo" with the term "Placebo Effect". Thor_MN Dec 2015 #18
You're comingling "no treatment" with "placebo". bananas Dec 2015 #19
The active placebo that you seem to not understand does nothing for the condition being studied. Thor_MN Dec 2015 #20
The reason pain control techniques were developed by the meditative traditions bananas Dec 2015 #16
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