BACKGROUND Heart rate variability(HRV)was shown to be affected by performing religious activities.AIM To examine the relationship between the level of Quran(the holy book of Muslims)memorisation and HRV among teenager...BACKGROUND Heart rate variability(HRV)was shown to be affected by performing religious activities.AIM To examine the relationship between the level of Quran(the holy book of Muslims)memorisation and HRV among teenagers.METHODS This experimental study included 16 Tahfiz students and 16 non-Tahfiz students(n=32).The HRV was measured in three tasks:Recalling familiar verses,memorising new verses,and recalling the newly memorised verses of the Quran.HRV analysis was done using these parameters:Standard deviation of N-N(heartbeat peak)interval;low frequency(LF);high frequency(HF)and LF/HF ratio.RESULTS There were significant differences between tasks for all parameters(P<0.05).However,between the groups,only the LF/HF ratio had significant differences,with F=5.04,P<0.05.Pearson correlation showed a moderate positive correlation between the number of pages memorised and the LF/HF ratio(r=0.61,P<0.05).CONCLUSION Quran memorisation increased the HRV and our results suggested that this activity could be developed as an effective sympathovagal modulation training activity.展开更多
VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY WRONG,IT’S DISEASED-it’s always painful and too often fatal-as with Martin Luther King,no less.When emotions run high,doctors have difficulty making progress-calm,dispassionate review of the obv...VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY WRONG,IT’S DISEASED-it’s always painful and too often fatal-as with Martin Luther King,no less.When emotions run high,doctors have difficulty making progress-calm,dispassionate review of the obvious evidence is vital,if you aim for less pain and fewer deaths.This paper is based on the self-evident precept that violated children unmistakeably predate violent adults.The remedy,highlighted here,is unusual in all psychiatry,in that it is backed by solid,irrefutable,objective,scientific evidence-from brainscans,no less-at least it is,for those willing to look.The paper has 6 parts:1.Introduction;2.Un-memorising Terror;3.Nutritious Emotions;4.Tyrannical Revenge;5.The Way to Cure Nucleargeddon Is Paved With Good Intentions;6.Conclusion.Parenting is a troubled skill,largely because mis-parenting perpetuates itself.As the poet Philip Larkin says of parents-“they fill you with the faults they had,and add some extra just for you”.Larkin moderates his criticism with“they may not mean to,but they do”.Sadly his“solution”-“don’t have any kids yourself”can extinguish the human race as reliably as ever revengeful Emotional Dwarfism will.展开更多
基金Supported by the Research Grant from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,No.GGP-2017-061.
文摘BACKGROUND Heart rate variability(HRV)was shown to be affected by performing religious activities.AIM To examine the relationship between the level of Quran(the holy book of Muslims)memorisation and HRV among teenagers.METHODS This experimental study included 16 Tahfiz students and 16 non-Tahfiz students(n=32).The HRV was measured in three tasks:Recalling familiar verses,memorising new verses,and recalling the newly memorised verses of the Quran.HRV analysis was done using these parameters:Standard deviation of N-N(heartbeat peak)interval;low frequency(LF);high frequency(HF)and LF/HF ratio.RESULTS There were significant differences between tasks for all parameters(P<0.05).However,between the groups,only the LF/HF ratio had significant differences,with F=5.04,P<0.05.Pearson correlation showed a moderate positive correlation between the number of pages memorised and the LF/HF ratio(r=0.61,P<0.05).CONCLUSION Quran memorisation increased the HRV and our results suggested that this activity could be developed as an effective sympathovagal modulation training activity.
文摘VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY WRONG,IT’S DISEASED-it’s always painful and too often fatal-as with Martin Luther King,no less.When emotions run high,doctors have difficulty making progress-calm,dispassionate review of the obvious evidence is vital,if you aim for less pain and fewer deaths.This paper is based on the self-evident precept that violated children unmistakeably predate violent adults.The remedy,highlighted here,is unusual in all psychiatry,in that it is backed by solid,irrefutable,objective,scientific evidence-from brainscans,no less-at least it is,for those willing to look.The paper has 6 parts:1.Introduction;2.Un-memorising Terror;3.Nutritious Emotions;4.Tyrannical Revenge;5.The Way to Cure Nucleargeddon Is Paved With Good Intentions;6.Conclusion.Parenting is a troubled skill,largely because mis-parenting perpetuates itself.As the poet Philip Larkin says of parents-“they fill you with the faults they had,and add some extra just for you”.Larkin moderates his criticism with“they may not mean to,but they do”.Sadly his“solution”-“don’t have any kids yourself”can extinguish the human race as reliably as ever revengeful Emotional Dwarfism will.
