A Healer's influence?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627574.200-brain-shuts-off-in-response-to-healers-prayer.html

Many of us do not vocalise prayer before and during Healing. This group did not seem to realise this, but in any case, no attempt seems tro have been made to evaluate the outcome and seemed more industrious in looking for mind or mood altering trickery. Still any investigation is to the good, one way or another.