Some superior memorists demonstrated exceptional memory for reciting a large body of information. The underlying neural correlates, however, are seldom addressed. C.L., the current holder of Guinness World Record for reciting 67,890 digits in π, participated in this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Thirteen participants without any mnemonics training were included as controls...

BACKGROUND The invocation Namu Amida Butsu (Nembutsu), voices the hope of rebirth into Amida's Pure Land. In the Nembutsu, Buddhists imagine that they are absorbed into Amida's Pure Land. Shiritori, a Japanese word chain game, is a common task used to activate language related regions in Japanese. The purpose of this study was to identify the regions activated during praying of the Namo Amida B...

A diversity of structural alternations enriches tongue twisters, in form of a language game speakers consider intriguing while reciting. However, none of efforts are put into the interval between twister constituents. This study is an attempt to give a complimentary view to Chinese tongue twisters. The twister effects are actually affected both by unstable lexical structures and limited space b...

This article is devoted to the practices of religious education and socialization Muslims in Nizhny Novgorod region, more precisely, study Qur’an reciting competitions period from 2005 till 2021. The purpose reveal essence these practices. sources research include information materials official Internet site Spiritual Boards Region (DUM NO), results an interviews with representatives organizers...

Background and Objectives: The pain and anxiety experienced by burn patients during dressing change cannot be thoroughly controlled by painkillers and anxiolytics. Evidence has documented that reciting the name of God can positively impact the reduction of pain and anxiety caused by aggressive procedures. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of reciting the name of God o...

Pauses act as important acoustic cues to prosodic phrase boundaries. However, the distribution and phonetic characteristics of pauses have not yet been fully described either cross-linguistically or in different genres speech styles within languages. The current study examines pausal performance 24 Czech speakers two read speech: news reading poetry reciting. pause rate duration are related gen...

BACKGROUND Various rituals have been shown to have both psychologic as well as physical effects. However, many rituals have multiple components that can account for such effects. Few studies have distinguished between the effects of ritual and those related specifically to religious content and teachings. OBJECTIVES The present study investigated the acute effects of the ritual of reciting th...