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Conference Paper: Chanting Amitabha Buddha help to reduce the brain responses to fearful pictures
| Title | Chanting Amitabha Buddha help to reduce the brain responses to fearful pictures |
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| Issue Date | 2017 |
| Citation | Mind & Life Summer Research Institute 2017: Intersubjectivity and Social Connectivity, Garrison, New York, USA, 5–11 June 2017 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Chanting and praying are most popular religious activities in a variety of societies and cultures. This study aimed to investigate whether chanting Amitofo would reduce the brain response to fearful scenes. Eighteen participants were recruited for this functional magnetic resonance images studies (fMRI). Neutral and violent pictures were selected from international affective picture system (IAPS) and showed to participants during MRI scanning. Participants were asked to watching these pictures in three conditions: 1, chanting Amitofo Buddha; 2, chanting Santa Claus, 3; silently viewing. The fMRI data were collected in a 3T Philips MRI scanner and analyzed by SPM8 software based on Matlab. The results showed that the fearful pictures induced greater activity in the brain regions including the occipital lobe and parietal lobe. However, chanting Amitabha may modulate the brain response to fearful pictures. We conclude that chanting Amitabha Buddha can change the brain response to fearful situation |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/243690 |
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| dc.contributor.author | Gao, J | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Leung, HK | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Wu, WYB | - |
| dc.contributor.author | So, A | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Sik, HH | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-25T02:58:16Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-08-25T02:58:16Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mind & Life Summer Research Institute 2017: Intersubjectivity and Social Connectivity, Garrison, New York, USA, 5–11 June 2017 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/243690 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Chanting and praying are most popular religious activities in a variety of societies and cultures. This study aimed to investigate whether chanting Amitofo would reduce the brain response to fearful scenes. Eighteen participants were recruited for this functional magnetic resonance images studies (fMRI). Neutral and violent pictures were selected from international affective picture system (IAPS) and showed to participants during MRI scanning. Participants were asked to watching these pictures in three conditions: 1, chanting Amitofo Buddha; 2, chanting Santa Claus, 3; silently viewing. The fMRI data were collected in a 3T Philips MRI scanner and analyzed by SPM8 software based on Matlab. The results showed that the fearful pictures induced greater activity in the brain regions including the occipital lobe and parietal lobe. However, chanting Amitabha may modulate the brain response to fearful pictures. We conclude that chanting Amitabha Buddha can change the brain response to fearful situation | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Mind & Life Summer Research Institute, 2017 | - |
| dc.title | Chanting Amitabha Buddha help to reduce the brain responses to fearful pictures | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Gao, J: galeng@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Leung, HK: hank84@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Wu, WYB: bonniewu@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Sik, HH: hinhung@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Sik, HH=rp01140 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 274989 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Garrison, NY | - |