Prayer as an interpersonal relationship: A neuroimaging study

This fMRI study describes neural correlates of prayer during periods in which people report in after-scan surveys that they felt the presence of God. Participants were part of a broad movement in modern Christianity that goes by various terms such as Pentecostal, charismatic, or spirit-filled. For t...

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Main Author: Neubauer, Raymond L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2014
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 92-103
Further subjects:B fMRI
B Christianity
B Self
B Theory of mind
B default mode network
B Prayer
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