Never mind the fact that not praying or meditating and being an atheist are also not the same thing...
Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -----Original Message----- From: Jeffry Ricker <jeff.ric...@sccmail.maricopa.edu> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 7:32 am Subject: [tips] Differences between the brains of atheists and religious people Hi all, Thanks be to Zeus that I practice meditative prayer. Best, eff ================== Is There a Difference between the Brain of an Atheist and the Brain of a eligious Person? y Andrew Newberg Researchers have pinpointed differences between the brains of believers and onbelievers, but the neural picture is not yet complete. Several studies have revealed that people who practice meditation or have prayed or many years exhibit increased activity and have more brain tissue in their rontal lobes, regions associated with attention and reward, as compared with eople who do not meditate or pray. A more recent study revealed that people who ave had “born again” experiences have a smaller hippocampus, a part of the rain involved in emotions and memory, than atheists do. These findings, owever, are difficult to interpret because they do not clarify whether having arger frontal lobes or a smaller hippocampus causes a person to become more eligious or whether being pious triggers changes in these brain regions.... FULL TEXT AT: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-there-a-difference-between-the-brain - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- effry Ricker, Ph.D. CC: Professor of Psychology CCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative SY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cottsdale Community College 000 E. Chaparral Road cottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 ffice: SB-123 hone: (480) 423-6213 ax: (480) 423-6298 -- ou are currently subscribed to tips as: drna...@aol.com. o unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=15380 r send a blank email to leave-15380-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15381 or send a blank email to leave-15381-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
