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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Guys, hang on. The article notes a correlation, NOT a causation.
Everybody (including, I think, the journalist who wrote the piece) seems to be reading this like religious belief RESULTS in lower AAC response. Bu it could well be that people with low AAC response express that neurochemical fact through increased incidence of religious behavior. I'd be SHOCKED if the scientists concluded that religious belief as a practice results in brain chemistry changes.
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Quite true. I second.
For example, there was once a study where they called teens and asked them if they ate dinner at home and how "bad" they were (activities that I cannot quite recall at the moment). Obviously, there was a correlation. They concluded that eating dinner together reducing teens' risky behavior. But this study was flawed.
Assuming they all told the truth, maybe it's b/c they're risky teens that they don't eat home, or b/c they're "good" kids that they do eat at home.