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Do prayer and meditation really “work” in changing the way the mind functions?
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Bulkeley, K. (2005). Introduction. In: Bulkeley, K. (eds) Soul, Psyche, Brain: New Directions in the Study of Religion and Brain-Mind Science. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979230_1
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