In this episode, Alex & Julia tackle the hypothesis: You’re more likely to feel guilty if you grew up religious. They talk confession, guilt neuroscience, alter wine, and much more…

 

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Total Number of Votes: 390 responded. Agree = 71 % Disagree = 29 %

 

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Resources/References:

 

Article on guilt in the brain: https://thecorrespondent.com/86/a-neuroscientists-guide-to-what-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-feel-guilt/11385030536-5a570837

 

Why we feel guilt: https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/emotions-stress-and-anxiety/2019/your-brain-on-guilt-and-shame-091219

 

Brain activity during shame and guilt: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/9/2/150/1618662

 

Catholics and Protestants feel more guilt than control group in survey-based study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1163/008467206774355330?casa_token=tSKWOWFLi44AAAAA:jJoC68zcq_FcKI8kBSfTYPFeBU4cezMQw74flvusFFFzxEWyIs3neTBQEUaJm8ZkEalYYO_pvjQX

 

Study showing no evidence of Catholic guilt: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20447515?seq=1

 

Study of incidence of depression in religious vs non-religious people: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426191/

 

Guilt is a ‘mixed blessing’ for kids: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190207123220.htm