The Neurophysiological Correlates of Religious Chanting
By Junling Gao, Hang Kin Leung, Bonnie Wai Yan Wu, Stavros Skouras, and Hin Hung Sik
9 pagesthe neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting are different from those of meditation and prayer
[The] regional increase in endogenous generation of delta oscillations [is] not due to peripheral cardiac or respiratory activity, nor due to implicit language processing, and is associated with feelings of transcendental bliss and decreased self-oriented cognition.