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'And the pain just disappeared into insignificance': The healing response in Lourdes - Performance, psychology and caring

scientific article

'Utilitarian' judgments in sacrificial moral dilemmas do not reflect impartial concern for the greater good

scientific article

Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation-based therapies: a systematic review

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

An fMRI study measuring analgesia enhanced by religion as a belief system

scientific article

Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to Go On Pilgrimage

article published in 2018

Biclustering Models for Two-Mode Ordinal Data

scientific article

Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Can the DSM-5 differentiate between nonpathological possession and dissociative identity disorder? A case study from an Afro-Brazilian religion

scientific article

Cold or calculating? Reduced activity in the subgenual cingulate cortex reflects decreased emotional aversion to harming in counterintuitive utilitarian judgment

scientific article

Empowerment in the New Age: A Motivational Study of Auto-biographical Life Stories

From exaggeration to silence in health related science news and academic press releases: mindful bias?

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Has the science of mindfulness lost its mind?

scientific article published on December 2016

Holistic Individualism in the Age of Aquarius: Measuring Individualism/Collectivism in New Age, Catholic, and Atheist/Agnostic Groups

How to tell a happy from an unhappy schizotype: personality factors and mental health outcomes in individuals with psychotic experiences

scientific article published on 24 November 2016

Participation in a 10-week course of yoga improves behavioural control and decreases psychological distress in a prison population

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

Personality and cognitive predictors of New Age practices and beliefs

Preliminary Evidence That Yoga Practice Progressively Improves Mood and Decreases Stress in a Sample of UK Prisoners

scientific article

Religious Rituals Increase Social Bonding and Pain Threshold

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Rise of Pilgrims on the Camino to Santiago: Sign of Change or Religious Revival?

Scientific faith: Belief in science increases in the face of stress and existential anxiety

scientific article published in November 2013

Self-Directedness Predicts Quality of Life in Individuals with Psychotic Experiences: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study

scientific article

Special Issue: New Trends in the Cognitive Science of Religion

Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

The aetiology of social deficits within mental health disorders: The role of the immune system and endogenous opioids

scientific article published in January 2020

The functional nature of conspiracy beliefs: Examining the underpinnings of belief in the Da Vinci Code conspiracy

article

The limited prosocial effects of meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

The missing link: what mediates the relationship between religiosity and alcohol use?

scientific article published in January 2014

The neural basis of intuitive and counterintuitive moral judgment

scientific article published on 18 March 2011

The psychological impact of threat and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: exacerbating factors and mitigating actions

scientific article published on 01 July 2021

United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect

scientific article published in 2021

United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Unusual but sound minds: mental health indicators in spiritual individuals

scientific article published on 17 August 2012

What is mindfulness-based therapy good for?

scientific article published in November 2016

Why would anyone want to believe in Big Gods?

scientific article published in January 2016

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