| How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist Contributor(s): Newberg, Andrew (Author), Waldman, Mark Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345503422 ISBN-13: 9780345503428 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Medical | Neuroscience |
| Dewey: 612.8 |
| LCCN: 2009000643 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.24" W x 8.14" (0.62 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: God is great--for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people's religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors' analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries: - Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process. - Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love. - Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain. - Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality. Both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring. |