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Pilot EEG hyperscanning study (n=40) testing whether energy healing alters brain activity and pain in fibromyalgia patients and synchronizes patient-healer brains. Strong team and standard EEG methods, but fixed control-then-treatment order, no power calculation, undisclosed healer methods, and speculative mechanisms (biophoton emission, brain-to-brain energy transfer) weaken rigor. Fit to DMT Quest RFP is partial since endogenous DMT is not addressed.