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<journal-id>1657-8031</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[El Ágora U.S.B.]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ágora U.S.B.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1657-8031</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de San Buenaventura]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1657-80312020000200298</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21500/16578031.5145</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Religiosidad y cerebro: Las funciones neuropsicológicas en personas creyentes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Religiosity and Brain: Neuropsychological Functions in Believers]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calle-Sandoval]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diego Alejandro]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arcila-Ayala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor David]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Diegoa.calle@unilibre.edu.co  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de San Buenaventura  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>298</fpage>
<lpage>304</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1657-80312020000200298&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1657-80312020000200298&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1657-80312020000200298&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La neuropsicología de la religión permite una apertura científica a la explicación del fenómeno religioso y su impacto en el psiquismo, el presente documento intenta una reflexión que da cuenta de esa estrecha relación e influencia que ejerce la práctica religiosa en la salud mental y en el desarrollo de funciones neuropsicológicas en las personas. Dicha relación, se fortalece con los descubrimientos contemporáneos de la neurociencia cognitiva y la antropobiología.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Neuropsychology of religion allows a scientific openness to the explanation of the religious phenomenon, and its impact on psychism. This document attempts a re flection, which gives an account of this close relationship, and influence exerted by religious practice on mental health and the development of neuropsychological functions in people. This relationship is strengthened by contemporary discoveries of cognitive neuroscience and anthropology.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Psicología de la religión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neuropsychology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Executive Functions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Empathy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[and Psychology of Religion]]></kwd>
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