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Article: The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

TitleThe neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting
Authors
Keywordsheart
language processing
meditation
neuroimaging
oscillation
Issue Date2019
PublisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2019, v. 9, p. article no. 4262 How to Cite?
AbstractDespite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, we illustrate that during religious chanting, the posterior cingulate cortex shows the largest decrease in eigenvector centrality, potentially due to regional endogenous generation of delta oscillations. Our data show that these functional effects are not due to peripheral cardiac or respiratory activity, nor due to implicit language processing. Finally, we suggest that the neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting are likely different from those of meditation and prayer, and would possibly induce distinctive psychotherapeutic effects.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274111
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.900
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dc.contributor.authorGao, J-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, HK-
dc.contributor.authorWu, BWY-
dc.contributor.authorSkouras, S-
dc.contributor.authorSik, HH-
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-18T14:55:19Z-
dc.date.available2019-08-18T14:55:19Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports, 2019, v. 9, p. article no. 4262-
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/274111-
dc.description.abstractDespite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, we illustrate that during religious chanting, the posterior cingulate cortex shows the largest decrease in eigenvector centrality, potentially due to regional endogenous generation of delta oscillations. Our data show that these functional effects are not due to peripheral cardiac or respiratory activity, nor due to implicit language processing. Finally, we suggest that the neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting are likely different from those of meditation and prayer, and would possibly induce distinctive psychotherapeutic effects.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html-
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectheart-
dc.subjectlanguage processing-
dc.subjectmeditation-
dc.subjectneuroimaging-
dc.subjectoscillation-
dc.titleThe neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailGao, J: galeng@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, HK: hank84@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWu, BWY: bonniewu@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailSik, HH: hinhung@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authoritySik, HH=rp01140-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-019-40200-w-
dc.identifier.pmid30862790-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC6414545-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85062825454-
dc.identifier.hkuros301770-
dc.identifier.volume9-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 4262-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 4262-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000460924100002-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl2045-2322-

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