Bruce Bower, "Pain relief you can believe in", Science News, October 11, 2008
"Our data suggest that religious belief alters the brain in a way that changes how a person responds to pain." - Irene Tracey (University of Oxford) p.9
"Practicing Catholics perceived electrical pulses as less painful while viewing an image of the Virgin Mary than while viewing a non-religious picture. Functional MRI showed a change in these volunteers' brain only while looking at the religious icon." p.9
[Opiate of the masses indeed! Making sense of suffering helps us endure it. Just one of many ways that we are fundamentally psychosomatic.]
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10.11.2008
9.27.2008
Science News
Bruce Bower, "Blindfolded babies show ability to learn how others see the world", Science News, September 27, 2008
'This first-of-its-kind training study shows how infants use themselves and their own experiences to understand the inner lives of others' - Andrew Meltzoff (University of Washington in Seattle) [10]
Bruce Bower, "Study evaluates kids' therapies", Science News, September 27, 2008
On the upside, research shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy eases post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related problems in the young. On the down side, most mental-healthy practitioners use other therapies for kids and teens that lack scientific support. [11]
'This first-of-its-kind training study shows how infants use themselves and their own experiences to understand the inner lives of others' - Andrew Meltzoff (University of Washington in Seattle) [10]
Bruce Bower, "Study evaluates kids' therapies", Science News, September 27, 2008
On the upside, research shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy eases post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related problems in the young. On the down side, most mental-healthy practitioners use other therapies for kids and teens that lack scientific support. [11]
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