Neuroimaging

The God Helmet – Dr Persinger’s magnetic helmet induces feelings of mystical experiences.

Neuroscience Of Religion

Neuroscience Of Religion The neuroscience of religion, also known as neurotheology and as spiritual neuroscience, attempts to explain religious experience and behaviour in neuroscientific terms. It is the study of correlations of neural phenomena with subjective experiences of spirituality and hypotheses to explain these phenomena. This contrasts with the psychology of religion which studies mental, rather than neural, states. Proponents of...

A statue of Buddha meditating. Buddha Daibutsu, Kamakura

Brain Activity And Meditation

Brain Activity And Meditation This article covers Brain Activity And Meditation. Meditation and its effect on brain activity and the central nervous system became a focus of collaborative research in neuroscience, psychology and neurobiology during the latter half of the 20th century. Research on meditation sought to define and characterize various practices....