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Research Article

Interoception and Social Cognition in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Common Inference Disturbance? An Exploratory Study

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Pages 471-485 | Received 24 Sep 2021, Accepted 30 Nov 2021, Published online: 11 Dec 2021

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