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Humans 'Predisposed' to Believe in Gods and the Afterlife
July 14, 2011 — New research finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife. Research suggests that people across many different cultures instinctively believe that some part of their ... > full story -
Is Meditation the Push-Up for the Brain? Study Shows Practice May Have Potential to Change Brain's Physical Structure
July 14, 2011 — Researchers have found that long time meditators have stronger connections between brain regions, and show less age-related atrophy when compared to a control group. Having stronger connections ... > full story -
Talking About Faith Increases Hospital Patients' Overall Satisfaction, Study Finds
July 13, 2011 — Hospitalized patients who had conversations about religion and spirituality with the health-care team were the most satisfied with their overall care. However, 20 percent of patients who would have ... > full story -
Menopausal Women Don't Need 'Fixing', Psychotherapist Argues
July 12, 2011 — Menopause shouldn't be seen as a medical problem that needs fixing but as a life-affirming and normal process that women go through. This is one of the findings by psychotherapist Sue Brayne, who is ... > full story -
Out-of-Body Experiences Linked to Neural Instability and Biases in Body Representation
July 11, 2011 — Although out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are typically associated with migraine, epilepsy and psychopathology, they are quite common in healthy and psychologically normal individuals as well. However, ... > full story -
Teaching the Neurons to Meditate
July 7, 2011 — In the late 1990s, Jane Anderson was working as a landscape architect. That meant she didn't work much in the winter, and she struggled with seasonal affective disorder in the dreary Minnesota winter ... > full story -
Religion Benefits Traumatic Brain Injury Victims, Study Suggests
June 28, 2011 — Researchers found that if traumatic brain injury victims feel close to a higher power, it can help them ... > full story -
Church Congregations Can Be Blind to Mental Illness, Study Suggests
June 22, 2011 — Mental illness of a family member can destroy the family's connection with the religious community, a new study by psychologists has found, leading many affected families to leave the church and ... > full story -
Is Coming out Always a Good Thing? Disclosing Sexual Orientation Makes People Happier Than Thought, but Mainly in Supportive Settings
June 20, 2011 — Coming out as lesbian, gay or bisexual increases emotional well-being even more than earlier research has indicated. But the psychological benefits of revealing one's sexual identity -- less anger, ... > full story -
More Americans Praying About Health, Study Says; No Correlation Found Between Prayer for Health and Lack of Health Insurance
May 23, 2011 — Praying about health issues dramatically increased among American adults over the past three decades, rising 36 percent between 1999 and 2007, according to a new ... > full story -
Dinner With the in-Laws: Why Does Knowing How Long a Bad Experience Will Last Make It Worse?
May 9, 2011 — Knowing how long a good experience will last makes it better, but being aware of the duration of an unpleasant event makes it worse, according to a new study. But people usually predict the opposite ... > full story -
EEG Headset With Flying Harness Lets Users 'Fly' by Controlling Their Thoughts
May 5, 2011 — Students have created a system that pairs an EEG headset with a 3-D theatrical flying harness, allowing users to "fly" by controlling their thoughts. The "Infinity Simulator" will make its debut with ... > full story
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