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Passage Summary: Doctors believe migraines are a physical health problem, not a psychological one. However, it turns out that people who go to the doctor for their migraines are generally more anxious than people who don't.

Reasoning: While evidence suggests migraines are purely physical rather than mental, data shows that people seeking professional help for migraines have higher anxiety levels than the general population.

Analysis: The paradox here is the mismatch between the physical cause of the ailment and the psychological profile of the patients. To resolve this, we need a piece of information that explains the high anxiety without suggesting that anxiety *causes* the migraines. Perhaps the anxiety is a side effect of living with chronic pain, or perhaps people with higher anxiety are simply more likely to seek 'professional treatment' for physical symptoms than those with lower anxiety. Look for an answer that provides a reason for the correlation that preserves the physiological nature of the headaches.

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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

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If higher-anxiety individuals are more likely to seek professional treatment, then the treated group will score higher on anxiety even if migraines are physiologically caused. This selection effect resolves the discrepancy.
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