has provided an explanatory model for mind-matter interactions. Jahn and his colleagues explain the local and nonlocal effects of consciousness by an explanation of the normal pathways, through those intentions life prayer, can change the praying person's emotion and behavior, and anomalous pathways which can affect another one through the unconscious-implicit order trajectory via quantum nonlocality mechanism. Efficacy of prayer for fertility One study found that prayer combined with IVF treatment nearly doubled the number of women who were successfully pregnant, and more than doubled the number of successful implantations. But three years later it was revealed that the results of the study were fake. Prevalence of prayer for health Some modalities of alternative medicine employ prayer. A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, found that in 2002, 43% of Americans pray for their own health, 24% pray for others' health, and 10% participate in a prayer group for their own health. See also Affirmative prayer Christian contemplation Christian devotional literature Continual prayer Daily Prayer for Peace Hoʻoponopono Interior life (Catholic theology) Jewish prayers and blessings Jewish prayer List of prayers Magical thinking Mani stone Moment of silence National Day of Prayer (US) Novena Orans Prayer beads Prayer in LDS theology and practice Prayer in the Catholic Church Prayer in school Prayer wheel Prie-dieu Rosary Shuckling Tibetan prayer flag Further reading Notes References External links Religious practices Spirituality Spiritual practice Articles containing video clips