Brain Differences Found Between Believers In God And Non-believers »
Posted By myfairlady 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & TechnologyBelieving in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers.
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earthlingerer10 months, 1 week ago
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"Compared to non-believers, the religious participants showed significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that helps modify behavior by signaling when attention and control are needed..."
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Okay, that's all I really needed to know.-
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Dionys10 months, 1 week ago
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"when attention and control are needed, usually as a result of some anxiety-producing event like making a mistake. The stronger their religious zeal and the more they believed in God, the less their ACC fired in response to their own errors, and the fewer errors they made."
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It'd be interesting to see it replicated with devoted Buddhist practitioners, from a non-vajrayana, non-pureland Buddhist school.
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