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SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
卷 4, 期 2, 页码 199-207出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsn050
关键词
social cognition; theory of mind; belief; reciprocity; prayer
资金
- Danish National Research Foundation
- Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate how performing formalized and improvised forms of praying changed the evoked BOLD response in a group of Danish Christians. Distinct from formalized praying and secular controls, improvised praying activated a strong response in the temporopolar region, the medial prefrontal cortex, the temporo-parietal junction and precuneus. This finding supports our hypothesis that religious subjects, who consider their God to be real and capable of reciprocating requests, recruit areas of social cognition when they pray. We argue that praying to God is an intersubjective experience comparable to normal interpersonal interaction.
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