A5035151853- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Evolution and Science Education
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Christian Theology and Mission
- Education and Islamic Studies
- Theological Perspectives and Practices
- Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
University of Lincoln
2017-2024
International Society for Science and Religion
2020-2024
Coventry (United Kingdom)
2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2023
Interface (United Kingdom)
2020
University of Cambridge
2003-2016
University of Divinity
2007-2014
Bridge University
2012-2013
MRC Biostatistics Unit
1986-1995
Medical Research Council
1988-1993
A version of the Stroop test was developed which requires colour naming spider words. Spider phobics were severely retarded on this task, but not conflicting colour‐word or a with more general threat Desensitization significantly reduced interference Stroop. third experiment examined retest properties and value equivalent forms. The explanation effect its usefulness as an outcome measure are discussed.
This article examines the experience of online worship among 13 participants ‘attending’ virtual services in Cambridge. We focus upon an formal Eucharistic service and a more informal Sunday evening non-Eucharistic service. After providing overview literature on religion, specifically possibility religious community performance Eucharist, we present data from semi-structured interviews which were analysed through thematic analysis. The reveal that services, while better than nothing, have...
Recent research has pointed to the importance of cognitive activity in interfering with sleep, and suggested a close relationship between worry insomnia. To explore insomnia more detail, sample was studied which were combined 2 x design. The content sleep-interfering cognitions explored both previously developed Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire newly checklist thoughts that arose if people could not sleep. Both supported distinction sleep-related other thoughts. Whereas worried insomniacs...
The hypothesis tested in the present experiments is that phobics show poor focused attention for phobic stimuli. A test of was undertaken using spider phobics' performance a recognition memory task involving dead spiders as an index processing. first experiment confirmed poorer processing stimuli phobics, but only big on post hoc division These were interpreted being more arousing. There also tendency desensitization to improve recognition. second investigated under ‘ ordinary’ and...
Recent research has suggested that depressive biases in personal memory may be due to an inability progress beyond a general level when trying retrieve specific positive memories. This study produced further evidence of this phenomenon. When access hedonically toned memories, depressed patients more often responded with and, especially for cues, were unable then memory, even after prompting. The implications cognitive therapy depression are discussed.
The paper explores a distinction between different kinds of lapse concentration in depressed patients. strategy is to begin with the phenomenological mind (a) 'wandering' on something else or (b) going 'blank'. Blanking, but not mind-wandering, associated longer planning times 'Tower London' task. In contrast, mind-wandering blanking, poor memory for prose, at least under ordinary processing conditions. Different phenomenal forms problem thus have task performance correlates. A tentative...
Depressed patients commonly complain of concentration problems, yet these have seldom been the focus systematic investigation. A structured interview about problems was administered to a group relatively severely depressed patients. Problems in reading and watching television were most common, highly correlated with each other. Direct report number lapses on task generally satisfactory task-performance correlate complaints reading/TV problems. Evidence both from this suggests that depressive...
Religious rituals are universal human practices that play a seminal role in community bonding. In two experiments, we tested the of mu-opioids as active factor fostering social We used mu-opioid blocker (naltrexone) double-blind studies from different religious traditions. found same effect across both studies, with naltrexone leading to significantly lower bonding compared placebo. These suggest significant experiences within ritual contexts.
Abstract Previous work has shown that spider phobics have poor recognition memory for spiders. A parallel effect is demonstrated here words. The first experiment found phobic subjects showed less free recall of words than control second confirmed this effect, showing additionally phobin fewer subjects, occurs only in the context a live (not dead) spider, results at delayed testing paralleled those immediate and comparable could be obtained recognition. Poor was to accompanied by high level...
Abstract It is argued that there are good scientific grounds for accepting cognition functions in a way reflects embodiment. This represents more holistic, systemic of thinking about human beings, and contributes to the coordination assumptions mind body with those faith traditions, moving us beyond sterile debates reductionism. has been claimed by Francisco Varela others an affinity between Buddhism embodied cognition, though it here they less closely aligned than sometimes assumed....
A key function of religious rituals is their ability to connect or bond individuals. Recent advances on the neurobiological underpinnings bonding, highlighting how opioids are activated in brain by social activities, can now be applied study rituals. Here we present results a large-scale field conducted across UK and Brazil where examined psychobiological functions rituals, following brain-opioid theory attachment (BOTSA). Testing was 24 sessions at Christian Afro-Brazilian (N=358), with...