Repetitive Religious Chanting Invokes Positive Emotional Schema to Counterbalance Fear: A Multi-Modal Functional and Structural MRI Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During hard times, religious chanting/praying is widely practiced to cope with negative or stressful emotions. While the underlying neural mechanism has not been investigated to a sufficient extent. A previous event-related potential study showed that religious chanting could significantly diminish the late-positive potential induced by negative stimuli. However, the regulatory role of subcortical brain regions, especially the amygdala, in this process remains unclear. This multi-modal MRI study aimed to further clarify the neural mechanism underlying the effectiveness of religious chanting for emotion regulation.

Methodology

Twenty-one participants were recruited for a multi-modal MRI study. Their age range was 40-52 years, 11 were female and all participants h

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7732428 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature