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 Individuals may approach meditation or prayer (a form of meditation) very differently based on brain lead and on their position on the Extraversion-Ambiversion-Introversion Continuum. Studies have shown that individuals often engage in meditation/prayers regardless of any affiliation with established religion.
These following examples include Extraversion and Introversion (Ambiversion would fall somewhere between the two extremes).
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Left Frontal Lobe
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Right Frontal Lobe
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Individuals with a lead in this cerebral mode or division:
- May gravitate toward formal, directive, liturgical, meditative prayers
- Extraverts: May meditate/pray for the purpose of demonstrating to others how it is to be done or because they often like to be in charge
- Introverts: May engage in meditative/prayerful activities (e.g., research on prayer, archeology research, read quota of selected religious writings, meditate on an element of theology or doctrine) and may avoid any connection with public prayers
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Individuals with a lead in this cerebral mode or division:
- May gravitate toward unusual, spontaneous, non-tradition, and/or symbolic meditative prayers
- Extraverts: May meditate/pray with religious writings as metaphor (e.g., Bible, Koran, may take a pilgrimage with a guru
- Introverts: May engage in meditative/prayerful activities (e.g., walk by the ocean, meditate in nature, hike in the mountains, ponder ideas or philosophies)
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Left Posterior Lobes
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Right Posterior Lobes
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Individuals with a lead in this cerebral mode or division:
- May gravitate toward conservative, established, ritual, traditional, or memorized meditative prayers
- Extraverts: May meditate/pray according to scheduled, habitual routines often following specific guidelines (e.g., prayer wheels, prayer beads, memorized prayers, sung or chanted prayers)
- Introverts: May engage in meditative/prayerful activities (e.g., silence, walking alone in a garden or on a roof-top, copying written prayers, reciting prayers, reciting memorized scripture or holy writings as prayer, cloister prayers)
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Individuals with a lead in this cerebral mode or division:
- May gravitate toward informal, conversational meditative prayers, and prayer songs that are played instrumentally or sung
- Extraverts: May meditate/pray in sharing situations (e.g., coffee hour, reading/prayer group) that includes expression of emotions, singing, touch, and intense spiritual experiences
- Introverts: May engage in closet meditative/prayerful activities (e.g., alone, religious orders, walking, gardening), and study how others expressed and lived a prayer life
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Brain Lead 
