How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist [iDeusEx]

How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist



Andrew Newberg M.D. (Author), Mark Robert Waldman (Author)







God is greatΓÇöfor your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of peopleΓÇÖs religious and spiritual experiences, and the authorsΓÇÖ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries:



ΓÇó Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process.

ΓÇó Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love.

ΓÇó Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.

ΓÇó 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.