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disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006;160:805- I 1. 24. Weiss RS. Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1973. 25. Brewer MB, Gardner W. Who is this "we"? Levels of collective identity and self representations. Journal of Personality and Social Ps

ion—may be seen by the sufferer as a world of inescapable threat! How might these cognitions and perceptions influence physiology and health? As Berntson shows in his chapter, the brain regions involved in emotional and perceptual processes are intimately related to brain regions involved in the re

I For a sampling of relevant recent work, see Philip Husbands, Owen Holland, and Michael Wheeler, eds., The Mechanical Mind in History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008); and Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman, eds., Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism (New York: Columbia University Pr

he divining. Those arc questions amenable to empirical investigation, and it is at that juncture that we can see benefit from our discussions. As Berntson says, "beliefs color the way we perceive the world, they direct and shape our actions, and define our personalities." Studying and debating about

iovascular disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2006;160:805-11. Weiss RS. Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 1973. Brewer MB, Gardner W. Who is this “we”? Levels of collective identity and self representations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

lation—may be seen by the sufferer as a world of inescapable threat.’ How might these cognitions and perceptions influence physiology and health? As Berntson shows in his chapter, the brain regions involved in emotional and perceptual processes are intimately related to brain regions involved in the regula

. ' For a sampling of relevant recent work, see Philip Husbands, Owen Holland, and Michael Wheeler, eds., The Mechanical Mind in History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008); and Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman, eds., Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism (New York: Columbia University Press,

theological perspectives) that have the potential to drive us apart can instead be 148 Page shaped to release creative energy and shared purpose. Berntson notes that “beliefs and emotions have consequences, both behavioral and physiological.” The network starts from the premise that one can learn about