nec209 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that control religious faith... Was there not some news stories going around where some one was really religious zealous going to church every day than got a brain injury than stop believing in God? And other case an atheist got a brain injury than out no where started believing in God? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that control religious faith... Which scientists in what publication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrmDoc Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Scientists say they have located the parts of the brain that control religious faith... Was there not some news stories going around where some one was really religious zealous going to church every day than got a brain injury than stop believing in God? And other case an atheist got a brain injury than out no where started believing in God? Although I don't recall ever reading or hearing such stories, science have found no evidence of a specific brain area or part dedicated to religious thoughts or spirituality. There have been research on the subject as this NatGeo article, Your Brain on God, explores. According to the research described in the article, there is no single "God spot"; however, a Canadian neuroscientist, Mario Beauregard, "discovered that memories of a spiritual connection with God were accompanied by increased activity in the caudate nucleus, a small region that plays a role in learning, memory and developing feelings of love. But they had five other neural hot spots, including the insula, which monitors body sensations and governs social emotions." Edited February 12, 2017 by DrmDoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkadm30 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 See this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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