Al-Quran Untuk Terapi Minda dan Penyembuhan: Kajian menggunakan Quantitative Electroencephalograph (qEEG)

Quran for Mind Therapy and Healing: A Research Using Quantitative Electroencephalograph qEEG

Abstract

This article reports a study on the behaviour of the mind when one is reading the Quran by using the Quantitative Electroencephalograph (qEEG). The qEEG is a non-invasive electrophysiological evaluation using computerized mathematical analysis to convert the raw waveform data into different frequency ranges that include delta, theta, alpha and beta. Analysis provides complex symmetry, phase, coherence, amplitude, power and their dominant frequency range. This study aims to measure and identify qEEG signal during reading activities, listening to the Quran with eyes opened. In this study, Al-Mulk verses were chosen to study the effectiveness of the brain activation during listening to the Quran compared with its own reading of these verses. The raw data from these two conditions were analyzed to determine any changes in the brain waves of different groups. While reading the Quran, highest amplitude spectral power distributions were observed in delta wave in frontal area (F1, F2, F4, F7 and F8), occipital (O1, O2) and parietal. Conversely, by listening to the Quran, there shows the highest amplitude delta in prefrontal areas F3, Fz, F4 and F8,
and temporal. Although in both cases, reading and listening to Quran certainly bring different brain activation, it was found that reading the Quran itself has increased the amplitude of the highest spectral distribution compared to only listening to the Quranic verses. However, both activities have resulted in the production of delta wave which further resulted in the stimulation of growth hormone which is good for cell or
tissue repair and healing.