Being ‘Born-Again’ Linked to More Brain Atrophy

Older adults who say they’ve had a life-changing religious experience are more likely to have a greater decrease in size of the hippocampus, the part of the brain critical to learning and memory, new research finds.

According to the study, people who said they were a “born-again” Protestant or Catholic, or conversely, those who had no religious affiliation, had more hippocampal shrinkage (or “atrophy”) compared to people who identified themselves as Protestants, but not born-again.

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One Response to Being ‘Born-Again’ Linked to More Brain Atrophy

  1. K Petersen says:

    Why do all the web articles about the brain atrophy headline "being 'born again' linked to brain atrophy" while ignoring the finding that "conversely, those who had no religious affiliation, had more hippocampal shrinkage (or “atrophy”) compared to people who identified themselves as Protestants, but not born-again" ? Once again
    there is a dishonest bias in reporting.

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