啪啪啪能增強“靈性”,讓人們更相信上帝
Having sex increases spirituality and 'makes people more likely to believe in God'
啪啪啪能增強“靈性”，讓人們更相信上帝
Hormones released while having sex can increase spirituality and belief in God, scientists have claimed.
科學家稱，啪啪啪時產生的荷爾蒙，能增強“靈性”，讓人們更相信上帝。
According to the research, the release of oxytocin not only promotes social bonding and helps childbirth in women, but also stimulates increased feelings of religiousness.
研究表明，啪啪啪時產生的催產素不僅能加強社會聯繫、助產，還能刺激人們對宗教的虔誠之感。
A research team from Duke University in North Carolina carried out a study in which they boosted levels of oxytocin in middle-aged men and found increased self-reported spirituality on two separate measures and also that this effect remained significant a week later.
北卡羅萊納杜克大學的研究小組對中年男人進行促進催產素分泌的研究。結果表明，兩次獨立測量下，他們都感覺自我靈性增強，一週後的感覺更強烈。
A control group who received a placebo did not report higher levels of spirituality. Those who received the hormone also reported more positive emotions during meditation.
而用安慰劑抑制催產素分泌的那組實驗對象，則沒有類似感覺。被促進分泌的實驗對象在冥想中能感到更多積極的情緒。
Patty Van Cappallen, a social psychologist and the lead author of the study said: "Spirituality and meditation have each been linked to health and well-being in previous research. We were interested in understanding biological factors that may enhance those spiritual experiences," she told the university's newspaper Duke Today. Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs."
社會心理學家Patty Van Cappallen是這項研究的主要作者。在《今日杜克》的報紙中，她表示：“之前的研究表明，靈性和冥想跟身體健康和身體狀態有關。我們對加強這種精神體驗的生物因素的研究很感興趣。催產素是人體產生靈性信仰不可或缺的一部分。”
The results were published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
研究結果已經發表在《社會認知與情感神經科學週刊》上。
Oxytocin is produced naturally in the hypothalamus, and previous research has indicated the hormone may play a role in promoting empathy, trust, social bonding and altruism.
人體下丘腦會自然分泌催產素。之前研究發現，這種荷爾蒙有助於增加同情心、新人、社會聯繫和無私等感情。
The group who received oxytocin were more likely to report that spirituality was important in their lives and that life has meaning and purpose.
被增加催產素的小組明顯感到靈性在生命中的重要性，覺得生活充滿意義和目標。
This remained true after taking into account whether the participant said they belonged to an organised religion or not.
無論研究對象是否有嚴格信教，他們都會有這種感覺。
The results provide the first experimental evidence that spirituality appears to be supported by Oxytocin.
研究結果爲“催產素有助於增加靈性假說”首次提供了可靠依據。
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