The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is not only important in executive functions, but also pain
processing. The latter is dependent on its connections to other areas of the cerebral …

This study reviews the voluminous empirical evidence on faith's contribution to preventing
people from falling victim to substance abuse and helping them recover from it. We find that …

Religion's neural underpinnings have long been a topic of speculation and debate, but an
emerging neuroscience of religion is beginning to clarify which regions of the brain integrate …

The availability of safe and effective non-pharmacological therapies for pain is an important
unmet medical need. Prayer may be considered as an effective adjunctive therapy for pain …

Pain is regulated endogenously through both opioid and non-opioid mechanisms. We
hypothesized that two novel pain modulation tasks, one drawing on context/expectations …

Background and aims Compared to White individuals, Black individuals demonstrate a
lower pain tolerance. Research suggests that differences in pain coping strategies, such as …

Not much is known about large-scale brain activation patterns in religious states of mind and
previous studies have not set an emphasis on experience. The present study investigated …

This paper is the fortieth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

This review examined the effects of private and communal participatory prayer on pain. Nine
databases were searched. Six randomized controlled trials were included. For private …

Prayer is considered to be the most common therapy used in alternative medicine. This
study aimed to explore the effect of prayers on endogenous pain modulation, pain intensity …