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Neurotheology (33)

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» "Neurotheology": A semantic trap set by pseudo-science for the unwary scientist
   Article claiming there is no scientific rationale for the nouveau term "Neurotheology", and that researchers working on topics relating to religion should stick to the conventional Behavioural and Social Neurosciences categories.
   http://www.cns.res.in/neurotheology.html

» A Mystical Union
   Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.
   http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2478148

» Are We Hardwired for God?
   The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/feb/07/londonreviewofbooks

» BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - God on the Brain
   Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? Program summary for a BBC neurotheology special.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml

» Body and Mind
   Materials accompanying a TV special on body and mind, with a brief overview of older theories and notable neurotheology research.
   http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/body/exorcism.html

» Ecstasy from a Physiological Point of View
   Discussion of relationship between drugs, celibacy, fasting and other physical practices and ecstasy. Presented by Kaj Bjorkqvist at Symposium on Religions Ecstasy held at Ã…bo, Finland, on the 26th-28th of August 1981.
   http://www.ex-premie.org/papers/religious_ecstasy.htm

» Evolutionary Neurotheology and the Varieties of Religious Experience
   Article by Bruce McLennan of University of Tennessee, outlining a neuropsychological approach to religious experience based on archetypal psychology.
   ftp://cs.utk.edu/pub/maclennan/EvolutionaryNeurotheology-long.pdf

» Guardian: Tests of faith
   Article discussing evolutionary, anthropological (Boyer), and neuroscientific (Ramachandran, Newberg) aspects of religion.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/feb/24/1

» How the Brain Creates God
   Broad-ranging overview by Iona Miller, touching on archetypes, NDEs, drugs, trances, TMS, and shamanism.
   http://www.nwbotanicals.org/oak/magick/createsgod.htm

» Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction
   Paper by Olaf Blanke and team on the neurocognitive bases of out-of-body (OBE) experiences, from Journal of Neuroscience.
   http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/550

» Meditation and the Brain
   Report on a conference held by MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, bringing together Buddhists and neuroscientists.
   http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/02/newton0204.asp?p=1

» Neurological Correlates of Transformational Experiences
   Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.
   http://www.meridianinstitute.com/reports/neurocor.html

» Neurology of Spiritual Experiences
   Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.
   http://www.innerworlds.50megs.com/

» Neurotheology & Shamanism
   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.
   http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/winkelman1.htm

» Neurotheology on Wikipedia
   A brief but balanced overview of the field.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotheology

» Numenware, a blog about neurotheology
   Frequently updated weblog about neurotheology. Also covers some general neuroscience, Dogen, language, and Japan topics.
   http://www.numenware.com

» On the Neuropsychology of Religious Experiences
   Review of literature on neuropsychology of religious experiences, including temporal lobe model, D'Aquili's model for meditative states, and substance-induced religious experience.
   http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~bhidalgo/litreview.htm

» Physiology of meditation
   Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.
   http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_shin_0400.htm

» Religiosity is associated with hippocampal but not amygdala volumes in patients with refractory epilepsy -- Wuerfel et al. 75 (4): 640 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
   Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article finding that epilepsy patients with high religiosity had smaller right hippocampi.
   http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/75/4/640

» Study Asks Whether Chemicals and Communion Are One
   Article from "Science and Theology News" describing the neuroimaging of praying nuns performed by University of Montreal researcher Mario Beauregard.
   http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/beauregm/study_asks_whether.htm

» The "God" Part Of The Brain
   Website for Matthew Alper's book which suggests that "humans are innately hard-wired to perceive a spiritual reality".
   http://godpart.com/

» The Serotonin System and Spiritual Experiences
   American Journal of Psychiatry research showing that "binding potential" (serotonin levels) correlated inversely with scores for self-transcendence.
   http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/160/11/1965?

» This Is Your Brain on God
   Wired Magazine interview of Michael Persinger, leading figure in the reductionist school of neurotheology.
   http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/persinger_pr.html

» Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
   Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
   http://www.maps.org/media/vedantam.html

» What Buddhists Know About Science
   Wired article on relationship between Tibetan meditation and the brain.
   http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2002/07/53820

» Wired for the Ultimate Reality: The Neuropsychology of Religious Experience
   Article by Drs. Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili on the biological mechanisms underlying religious and spiritual experience, from the PBS "The Question of God" series.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/newberg.html

» Zen and the Brain
   Summary of "Zen and the Brain", James H. Austin's definitive work tracing the neuroscientific aspects of Zen.
   http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/zen_and.html

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