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	<title><![CDATA[Study: The Effects Of Serotonin On Spirituality]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/21/study-the-effects-of-sero_n_114112.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>According to <em>Psychology Today</em> and referencing the <em>American Journal of Psychiatry</em>, serotonin, the brain chemical in charge of moderating mood, metabolism, and sexuality, has been linked to spiritual experiences. <a href="http://psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-3252.html&amp;fromMod=emailed"><em>Psychology Today</em></a> reports:</p>

<blockquote>A team of Swedish researchers has found that the presence of a receptor that regulates general serotonin activity in the brain correlates with people's capacity for transcendence, the ability to apprehend phenomena that cannot be explained objectively. Scientists have long suspected that serotonin influences spirituality because drugs known...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Living]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-29T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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