Archive for March 10th, 2009

DOES RELIGIOUS FAITH REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY?

March 10, 2009

A group of Toronto scientists has discovered there is less stress and anxiety among test subjects who consider themselves to be religious, compared with non-believers, when completing a test under pressure.  The believers performed better on cognitive tests.
One sicentist said:  “I don’t think that has to do with fundamentalism, it’s something deeper – religion provides [...]