Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Sik, Hin Hung"

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The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

Gao, Junling; Leung, Hang Kin; Wu, Bonnie Wai Yan; Skouras, Stavros; Sik, Hin Hung (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-12)

Despite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, we illustrate that ...
Repetitive Religious Chanting Invokes Positive Emotional Schema to Counterbalance Fear: A Multi-Modal Functional and Structural MRI Study

Gao, Junling; Skouras, Stavros; Leung, Hang Kin; Wu, Bonnie Wai Yan; Wu, Huijun; Chang, Chunqi; Sik, Hin Hung (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

Introduction: During hard times, religious chanting/praying is widely practiced to cope with negative or stressful emotions. While the underlying neural mechanism has not been investigated to a sufficient extent. A previous ...