God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors’ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries:

• Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process.

• Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love.

• Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.

• Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality.

Both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring.

●安德鲁•纽伯格（Andrew Newberg），医学博士，美国宾夕法尼亚大学灵性与心智中心主任，神经神学创始者，同时也是宾夕法尼亚大学放射学系副教授，主持该系心理与宗教研究。《早安美国》、《夜线》、探索频道、英国广播公司、美国国家公共电台与国家地理频道均曾制作其作品专题。著作包括《超觉玄秘体验》（Why God Won't Go Away）、《为什么你信我不信》（Why We Believe What We Believe）与《生而有信》（Born to Believe）等。

●马克•瓦德门（Mark Robert Waldman），宾夕法尼亚大学灵性与心智中心副研究员、治疗师，与安德鲁•纽伯格合著《生而有信》（Born to Believe），同时也是《超个人评论》（Transpersonal Review) 的创刊编辑。就有关宗教、神经科学与灵性的课题进行演讲, 并从事多个宗教和世俗团体的研究，足迹遍及全美，多达数十家报章杂志及电台联播节目曾制作其作品专题。