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Massage Therapy Reduces Anxiety and Enhances Eeg Pattern of Alertness and Math Computations

Tiffany Field Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Gail Ironson Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Frank Scafidi Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Tom Nawrocki Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Alex Goncalves Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Iris Burman Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine
,
Jeff Pickens James Madison University
,
Nathan Fox University of Maryland
,
Saul Schanberg Duke University Medical School
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Cynthia Kuhn Duke University Medical School
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Pages 197-205 | Received 03 Mar 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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