Your friend Caitlin asks you why she experienced significant pain relief after undergoing several acupuncture treatments for a bad back injury. After reading this chapter, you are able to tell her that:
A) she has experienced an illusory correlation-the acupuncture treatments had nothing to do with her decrease in pain.
B) any relief she experienced was probably due to the power of suggestion, as acupuncture has been proven to be nothing more than a pseudoscience.
C) acupuncture has been shown to decrease the responsiveness of the Pacinian corpuscles in the skin, and thus relieves pain.
D) acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins, and it seems to somehow interrupt the transmission of pain signals.
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