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In preparation and under review:

Kerr CE, Shaw JR, Jacobson E, Kaptchuk TJ. How does a touch-based placebo treatment heal? A qualitative investigation of patient experience in a randomized controlled trial (in preparation)

In press:

Lembo AJ, Conboy L, Kelley JM, Schnyer RS, McManus M, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Davis RB, Kaptchuk TJ. A treatment trial of acupuncture for IBS patients. Amer J Gastro 2009 (in press)

Kaptchuk TJ, Shaw J, Kerr CE, Conboy LA, Kelley JM, Csordas TJ, Lembo AJ, Jacobson EE. Maybe I made up the whole thing: Placebos and patients' experiences in a randomized controlled trial. Cult Med Psych (in press).

2008:

Kerr CE, Shaw JR, Wasserman RH, Chen VW, Kanojia A, Bayer TA, Kelley JM. Tactile acuity in experienced Tai Chi practitioners: evidence for use-dependent plasticity as an effect of sensory-attentional training. Experimental Brain Research 2008 Jun;188(2):317-22. taichi.pdf

Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Conboy LA, Davis RB, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Kirsch I, Schyner RN, Nam, Nguyen LT, Park M, Rivers AL, McManus C, Kokkotou E, Drossman DA, Goldman P, and Lembo AJ. Components of the placebo effect: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome. BMJ 2008 May 3;336(7651):999-1003.

Kerr CE. Dualism redux in recent neuroscience: "Theory of mind" and "embodied simulation" hypotheses in light of historical debates about perception, cognition and mind. Review of General Psychology 2008 12(2) 205-214. TheoryMind-Embodied

Kerr CE, Milne I, Kaptchuk T. William Cullen and a missing mind-body link in the early history of placebos. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2008 101(2):89-92.

Conboy L, Quilty MT, Kerr C, Shaw J, Wayne P. A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescents’ Experiences of Active and Sham Japanese-Style Acupuncture ProtocolsAdministered in a Clinical Trial. J of Altern and Comp Med 2008 14 (6): 699–705.

Feman SPC, Nguyen LT, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Nam BH, Conboy LA, Singer JP, Min Park M, Lembo A, Kaptchuk TJ, Davis RB. Effectiveness of Recruitment in Clinical Trials: An Analysis of Methods Used in a Trial for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2008 Mar;29(2):241-51.

Wayne PM, Kerr CE, Schnyer RN, Legedza ATR, Savetsky-German J, Shields MH, Buring JE, Davis RB, Conboy LA, Highfield E, Parton B, Thomas P, Laufer MR. Japanese-Style Acupuncture for Endometriosis-Related Pelvic Pain in Adolescents and Young Women: Results of a Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 2008 Oct;21(5):247-57.

Wayne PM, Buring J, Connors EM, Davis R, Andrews SM, St. John M, Conboy L, Kerr C, Kaptchuk TJ, Schachter SC. Increasing Research Capacity. Alt Ther 2008 Mar-Apr;14(2):52-8.

2007:

Yoo SS, Kerr CE, Park M, Im DM, Blinder RA, Park HW, Kaptchuk TJ. NeuralActivities in Human Somatosensory Cortical Areas Evoked by Acupuncture Stimulation. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 2007 (in press)yoo%20kerr%20article%20in%20press%202007.pdf

McManus CA, Kaptchuk TJ, Schnyer RN, Goldman R, Kerr CE, Nguyen LT, Stason WB. Experiences of acupuncturists in a placebo controlled, randomized controlled trial. J Altern Comp Med 2007 13(5): 533-8.

Kerr CE, Wasserman H, Moore CI. Cortical Dynamics as a Therapeutic Mechanism for Touch Healing. J. Altern Comp Med 2007 13(2): 59-66. Kerr%202007%20JACM.pdf

2006:

Kaptchuk TJ, Stason WB, Davis RB, Legedza AR, Schnyer RN, Kerr CE, Stone DA, Nam BH, Kirsch I, Goldman RH. Sham device v inert pill: randomized controlled trial of two placebo treatments. BMJ. 2006 Feb 18; 332 (7538): 391-7. Kaptchuk 2006.pdf

Conboy LA, Wasserman RH, Jacobson EE, Davis RB, Legedza AT, Park M, Rivers AL, Morey EB. Nam BH, Lasagna L, Kirsch I, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE. Investigating placebo effects in irritable bowel syndrome: A novel research design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2006 27(2):123-34. Conboy 202006.pdf

Highfield E, Laufer M, Schnyer R, Kerr CE,Thomas P, Wayne PM. Adolescent Endometriosis-related Pelvic Pain Treated with Acupuncture: A Case Series. J Altern Complement Med 2006 Apr;12(3):317-22. Highfield2006.pdf

2005:

Lazar SL, Kerr CE, Wasserman RH, Gray JR, Greve DN, Treadway MT, McGarvey M, Quinn BT, Duesk JA, Benson H, Rauch SL, Moore CI, Fischl B. Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. Neuroreport. 2005 Nov 28; 16)17): 1893-7. Lazar 2005.pdf

Stone D, Kerr CE, Jacobson E, Conboy LA, Kaptchuk TJ. Patient Expectations in Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trials. J Eval Clin Pract. 2005 Feb;11(1):77-84. Stone 2005.pdf

Patel SM, Stason WB, Legedza A, Ock SM, Kaptchuk TJ, Conboy L, Canenguez K, Park JK, Kelly E, Jacobson E, Kerr CE, Lembo AJ. The placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) trials: a meta-analysis. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2005 Jun; 17(3): 332-40. Patel 2005.pdf

Schnyer RN, Conboy LA, Jacobson E, McKnight P, Goddard T, Moscatelli F, Legedza AT, Kerr C, Kaptchuk TJ, Wayne PM. Development of a Chinese medicine assessment measure. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Dec; 11(6): 1005-13. Schnyer 2005.pdf

2004:

Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE. Commentary: unbiased divination, unbiased evidence and the patulin clinical trial. International J Epidemiol 2004; 33(2):247-251. Kaptchuk 2004.pdf

2002:

Kerr CE, Translating "mind-in-body": two models of patient experience underlying a randomized controlled trial of qigong. Cult Med Psychiatry 2002; 26(4): 419-447 Kerr 2002.pdf

2001:

Greene PJ, Wayne PM, Kerr CE, Weiger WA, Jacobson E, Goldman PG, Kaptchuk TJ. The Powerful Placebo: Doubting the Doubters. Adv Mind Body Med 2001; 17(4): 298-307 Greene_Placebo.pdf

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