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Jittered single-event pain-audio experiment

The pain stimulus was a thermal noxious stimuli of 3 seconds duration, and was administered to the dorsum of the volunteer's left hand using an electrical resistor to generate heat. This device consists of a 1.5 by 2 cm copper sheet, which delivered a very fast ramping heat stimulus (30-60 $ ^0 C$ in 0.8 seconds) and simultaneously measured the skin temperature under the device. The auditory stimuli lasted for 3 seconds each. Both stimuli had varying ISI (between $ 30$ seconds and $ 50$ seconds).