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[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

'Greater hippocampal atrophy over time was predicted by baseline identification as born-again Protestants, Catholics, or no religious affiliation, compared with Protestants who were not born-again. Greater hippocampal atrophy was also predicted by reports at baseline of having had life-changing religious experiences'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068149/

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So what about Orthodox?

[–] blahsay@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

LOL it'd be an interesting study....which religion causes the most regardation 😂

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe it is the opposite? The more degraded person is - the more likely it to be religious.