Functional similarity between attachment and afterlife belief: A hypothesis of biological mechanism of belief in life after death

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  • Imamura Yoshiomi
    Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University Institute of Comparative Studies of International Cultures and Societies, Kurume University
  • Mizoguchi Yoshito
    Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
  • Monji Akira
    Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University

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  • 来世信念と健康
  • 来世信念と健康 : 愛着のメカニズムからの考察
  • ライセ シンネン ト ケンコウ : アイチャク ノ メカニズム カラ ノ コウサツ
  • 愛着のメカニズムからの考察

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Abstract

<p>Belief in life after death is one of the core religious conceptions in worldwide religion and may exist before recorded history. In the present article,we described associations of afterlife beliefs with mental health and neuropeptide oxytocin and pointed out similarity of the function between afterlife belief and attachment,which has been originally argued to have stress-buffering effects. We propose that belief in life after death could have salutary effects and be useful for living as well as attachment,given that the bonds with loved ones remain after their death and have implications for afterlife beliefs.</p>

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  • Kyushu Neuropsychiatry

    Kyushu Neuropsychiatry 65 (1), 10-16, 2019-04-15

    The Association of Kyushu Neuropsychiatry

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