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Psychophysical ratings of experienced pain. (A) Expectations for decreased pain significantly reduce experienced pain (mean ± SD). Bars show significant differences (P < 0.01). (B) Differences in expected pain account for a significant percentage of the variability of the reduction in experienced pain (r2 = 0.85, P < 0.0002).
