Dr. Michael Winkelman, Anthropology Professor at Arizona State and author of "Shamanism: The Neural Economy of Consciousness", discusses the neurological basis of shamanism, mankind's oldest spiritual practice.
Article from "Science and Theology News" describing the neuroimaging of praying nuns performed by University of Montreal researcher Mario Beauregard.
Wired article on relationship between Tibetan meditation and the brain.
The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.
Bibliography of hundreds of scientific studies on the effects of Transcendental Meditation, including improved brain functioning.
Review of literature on neuropsychology of religious experiences, including temporal lobe model, D'Aquili's model for meditative states, and substance-induced religious experience.
Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article finding that epilepsy patients with high religiosity had smaller right hippocampi.
BYU scholars give a brief overview of neurotheology, and ponder the neurological basis of Joseph Smith's revelations.
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