啪啪啪能增强“灵性”,让人们更相信上帝

Having sex increases spirituality and 'makes people more likely to believe in God'

啪啪啪能增强“灵性”，让人们更相信上帝

Hormones released while having sex can increase spirituality and belief in God, scientists have claimed.

科学家称，啪啪啪时产生的荷尔蒙，能增强“灵性”，让人们更相信上帝。

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，啪啪啪时产生的催产素不仅能加强社会联系、助产，还能刺激人们对宗教的虔诚之感。

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.

北卡罗莱纳杜克大学的研究小组对中年男人进行促进催产素分泌的研究。结果表明，两次独立测量下，他们都感觉自我灵性增强，一周后的感觉更强烈。

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.

而用安慰剂抑制催产素分泌的那组实验对象，则没有类似感觉。被促进分泌的实验对象在冥想中能感到更多积极的情绪。

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."

社会心理学家Patty Van Cappallen是这项研究的主要作者。在《今日杜克》的报纸中，她表示：“之前的研究表明，灵性和冥想跟身体健康和身体状态有关。我们对加强这种精神体验的生物因素的研究很感兴趣。催产素是人体产生灵性信仰不可或缺的一部分。”

The results were published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

研究结果已经发表在《社会认知与情感神经科学周刊》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.

人体下丘脑会自然分泌催产素。之前研究发现，这种荷尔蒙有助于增加同情心、新人、社会联系和无私等感情。

The group who received oxytocin were more likely to report that spirituality was important in their lives and that life has meaning and purpose.

被增加催产素的小组明显感到灵性在生命中的重要性，觉得生活充满意义和目标。

This remained true after taking into account whether the participant said they belonged to an organised religion or not.

无论研究对象是否有严格信教，他们都会有这种感觉。

The results provide the first experimental evidence that spirituality appears to be supported by Oxytocin.

研究结果为“催产素有助于增加灵性假说”首次提供了可靠依据。

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