Religious Fundamentalism 'May Be Categorised As Mental Illness & Cured By Science'

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Dr Kathleen Taylor was responding to questions about advances in neuroscience (file picture)

Religious fundamentalism and cruelty to children may one day be treated in the same way as mental illness, a neuroscientist has speculated.

Kathleen Taylor, a research scientist at Oxford University’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, says strong negative beliefs could be eradicated using techniques already in the works...


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