Friday, August 06, 2010

Thinking About God Calms Believers, Stresses Atheists

I'll bet it stresses our atheists:

Thinking About God Calms Believers, Stresses Atheists | LiveScience: "Researchers have determined that thinking about God can help relieve anxiety associated with making mistakes. However, the finding only holds for people who believe in a God.

The researchers measured brain waves for a particular kind of distress response while participants made mistakes on a test.

Those who had been prepared with religious thoughts had a less prominent response to mistakes than those who hadn’t."

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