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How to Study Placebo Responses in Motion Sickness with a Rotation Chair Paradigm in Healthy Participants
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M C Meijers1, J Stouthard2, A W M Evers3,4
1Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Health-, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.c.meijers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
Scientific Reports
|September 29, 2023
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