Researchers find a region of the brain stem called the periaqueductal gray may mediate religiosity and spirituality in humans.
A new study has identified a specific brain circuit centered in the periaqueductal gray that is linked to spiritual acceptance and religiosity.
Researchers report spirituality may be a component of wisdom, but pro-social behaviors such as empathy and compassion are more critical elements.
Powerful spiritual feelings were associated with activation in the nucleus accumbens, an area of the brain associated with reward, a new study reports.
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.
