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Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (16) | comments 10

Self-control is critical for success in life, and a new study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough finds that religious people have more self-control than do their less religious counterparts. ...





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Web searches for religious topics on the rise

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Religion is not just for churches, synagogues or mosques anymore -- it's a topic that is being actively searched for online, according to researchers at Penn State.


Religion and psychology: Can they work together?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 08, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (15) | comments 0

According to the CIA World Fact Book, an overwhelming majority, 90 percent of Americans, claim a particular religious affiliation.


Study: Doctors think faith helps patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 22, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new survey finds that 85 percent of U.S. doctors believe religious faith can help patients have a good outcome.


Religious belief and devotion linked to sense of personal control

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (23) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- An individual's level of commitment to religious rituals like praying and attending service is directly linked to their sense of personal control in life, according to new University of Toronto research.


Survey looks at religious 'sectarianism'

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created Jun 01, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A study finds U.S. "religious right" groups have negative attitudes toward similar religious groups on the right, making coalition forming more difficult.


Study finds social support key

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created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is not uncommon for prison inmates to experience religious conversions. Now a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study, out in the April issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Cr ...


Spirituality protects against depression better than church attendance

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created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 8

Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness ...


Older black men feel productive, achieve prestige at church

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created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Older African American women may attend religious services more often than African American men, but men spend more hours per week in other activities at church, a new University of Michigan study found.


Researchers find brain differences between believers and non-believers

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (35) | comments 45

Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers.


MU anthropologist develops new approach to explain religious behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study ...



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