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Divining the brain
Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience.
By Steve Paulson [2006-09-20]

  • Now we're cookin' with gas!

    The MRI. Excellent!

    An interesting article. And one that I'll have to comment on (without any bad poetry).

    I hope you were all paying attention. Contrary to what a number of theists think- it turns out that these 'spiritual' feelings are, in fact, just different parts of the brain firing in particular orders and intensities. Different filters turning on and off. Sometimes the amplifier does go all the way up to 11.

    Also, someone pointed out that the brain changes (or maybe the particular pathways change) depending on belief. Another important piece of the puzzle.

    -- Tobbar
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    Wednesday, September 20, 2006 01:58 PM
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