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Research Article

Comparing focused attention meditation to meditation with mobile neurofeedback for persistent symptoms after mild-moderate traumatic brain injury: a pilot study

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Pages 1408-1415 | Received 01 Sep 2019, Accepted 25 Jul 2020, Published online: 12 Aug 2020

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