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·April 19, 2012·2 min read

Researcher Says Distinct God Spot in the Brain Does Not Exist

Study shows religious participation and spirituality processed in different cerebral regions. Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a...

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·April 26, 2012·1 min read

Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief: UBC Psych Study

A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers. The...

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·July 10, 2013·7 min read

A Fundamental Problem for Brain Mapping

A new paper takes on brain mapping studies; forcing scientists to rethink the rules of neuroimaging.

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·November 25, 2013·2 min read

Experiencing Awe Increases Belief in the Supernatural

Researcher claim awe-inspiring sights could underlie a trigger for believing in the supernatural.

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·November 6, 2014·4 min read

Ghost Illusion Created in the Lab

Manipulating sensorimotor input, researchers invoke a 'ghostly' illusion for study participants.

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·December 4, 2015·3 min read

Exploring Brain’s Role in Openness to Religious or Mystical Experiences

Suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in more of an openness mystical and religious experiences, study reports.

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·February 15, 2016·8 min read

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Is belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.

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·February 22, 2016·7 min read

Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

Are humans hardwired for transgressions? Why are some of the brain's most basic instincts considered bad behavior? Why does bad behavior come so naturally to us? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.

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·November 29, 2016·5 min read

Religious Beliefs Activate Neural Reward Circuits in Same Way As Sex and Drugs

Powerful spiritual feelings were associated with activation in the nucleus accumbens, an area of the brain associated with reward, a new study reports.