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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A Chinese system of prescribed physical exercises or movements performed in a meditative state.

Etymologies

  1. Chinese (Mandarin) qìgōng : qì, air, breath + gōng, skill. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “Jens Foerster, a German psychologist, has assumed the role of experimental Qi Gong master by conducting some fascinating research on how people infer their attitudes from their nonverbal behavior.4 Here is a typical Foerster experiment: People are asked to move their heads up and down for some spurious reason or to move their heads left and right while they watch some stimuli.”

    Simon & Schuster: Experiential Marketing

  • “The Chinese theory of Qi Gong holds that certain motor actions produce mental states and experiences.”

    Simon & Schuster: Experiential Marketing

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