The power of charisma-perceived charisma inhibits the frontal executive network of believers in intercessory prayer

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-127

  Schjoedt, Uffe ^a,b   Stødkilde Jørgensen, Hans ^b   Geertz, Armin W ^a   Lund, Torben E ^b   Roepstorff, Andreas ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Authority; Charisma; Executive network; fMRI; Prayer; Trust

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CHARACTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHARACTER; CULTURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL HEALING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; RELIGION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751686106     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq023     Document Type: Article

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