Tim Brunson DCH

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The Effects of Intercessory Prayer, Positive Visualization, and Expectancy

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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This is an interesting study investigating the effects of being prayed for or visualized for by someone else, as opposed to doing those things for oneself. The U. Mass team of Matthews, Conti and Sireci looked at the effects of intercessory prayer on 95 critically ill, end stage renal disease patients on dialysis. In the controlled, randomized study, clinical outcomes of prayed-for people were compared with those of visualized-for people.

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Guided Imagery Career Based Transition Program

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A study tests the effectiveness of a guided imagery-based career transition program, and finds it is associated with higher rates of return to full time employment and greater perceived control over the job loss.

This randomized study examined the effectiveness of a guided imagery-based career transition program as compared to a placebo control condition in promoting reemployment in 52 unemployed business people recruited from four different outplacement firms in seven locations in California (60% male, 83% Caucasian, mean age: 46.8).

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Neural Substrates of Tactile Imagery: a Functional MRI Study

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, used MRI technology to see which neural pathways were involved when subjects imagined tactile stimulation on the dorsal side of their right hand. Results were then compared to the MRI findings from subjects who actually received tactile stimulation of the same area of the hand.

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