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How God lights up the brain
Scanning technology puts a human face on the 'God spot'
By Richard Handler, CBC News
Posted: May 7, 2012 5:31 PM ET
Scientists have long speculated that there must be a "God spot" in the human brain, a distinct area responsible for spirituality.
But now a Danish neuroscientist and his team are saying that talking to God is pretty much like talking to a friend or neighbour, neurologically speaking.
Uffe Schjodt and his research group at Aarhus University used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the brains of Christian believers.
What they found was that when their subjects prayed, four regions in the brain lit up
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How God lights up the brain
Scanning technology puts a human face on the 'God spot'
By Richard Handler, CBC News
Posted: May 7, 2012 5:31 PM ET
Scientists have long speculated that there must be a "God spot" in the human brain, a distinct area responsible for spirituality.
But now a Danish neuroscientist and his team are saying that talking to God is pretty much like talking to a friend or neighbour, neurologically speaking.
Uffe Schjodt and his research group at Aarhus University used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the brains of Christian believers.
What they found was that when their subjects prayed, four regions in the brain lit up
More...