ArticleJournal of medical signals and sensors
Nonlinear Analysis of Electroencephalogram Signals while Listening to the Holy Quran.
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- A Systematic Review of EEG Studies on the Neural Effects of Quran Listening.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy.Heliyon · 2022Review
- Neural Correlates of the Shamanic State of Consciousness.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundElectrical activity of the brain, resulting from electrochemical signaling between neurons, is recorded by electroencephalogram (EEG). The neural network has complex behavior at different levels that strongly confirms the nonlinear nature of interactions in the human brain. This study has been designed and implemented with the aim of determining the effects of religious beliefs and the effect of listening to Holy Quran on electrical activity of the brain of the Iranian Persian-speaking Muslim volunteers.
methodsThe brain signals of 47 Persian-speaking Muslim volunteers while listening to the Holy Quran consciously, and while listening to the Holy Quran and the Arabic text unconsciously were used. Therefore, due to the nonlinear nature of EEG signals, these signals are studied using approximate entropy, sample entropy, Hurst exponent, and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis.
resultsStatistical analysis of the results has shown that listening to the Holy Quran consciously increases approximate entropy and sample entropy, and decreases Hurst Exponent and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis compared to other cases.
conclusionConsciously listening to the Holy Quran decreases self-similarity and correlation of brain signal and instead increases complexity and dynamicity in the brain.
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