Reduced Pain Sensation and Reduced BOLD Signal in Parietofrontal Networks during Religious Prayer
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00337
Abstract: Previous studies suggest that religious prayer can alter the experience of pain via expectation mechanisms. While brain processes related to other types of top-down modulation of pain have been studied extensively, no research has been… read more here.
Keywords: reduced pain; pain sensation; prayer; sensation reduced ... See more keywords