Posts Tagged ‘neuroscience’

Neuro-research says religion’s good for the brain

Friday, December 2nd, 2016

Neuro-research experiments show religion’s good for the brain. Researchers from the University of Utah designed an experiment to see what happens when people think spiritual thoughts. Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, a neuro-radiologist at the University of Utah says religious neuroscience is a young field. Very few studies have been undertaken. The researchers found experiences believers interpret Read more

The science of forgiveness

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

In 1978, Dr. Dabney Ewin, a surgeon specializing in burns, was on duty in a New Orleans emergency room when a man was brought in on a gurney. A worker at the Kaiser Aluminum plant, the patient had slipped and fallen into a vat of 950-degree molten aluminum up to his knees. Ewin did something Read more

How to beat addiction

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

According to doctors as many as one in five Australians has a problem with substance use and and many of those people will develop an addiction.The annual cost to the community is estimated at $50 billion. That is more each year than the entire National Broadband Network is predicted to cost to build over 10 Read more