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User ID: 136775 United States 08/30/2006 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No 'God Spot' in the Human Brain No 'God Spot' in the Human Brain Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Tue Aug 29, 4:45 PM ET The human brain does not contain a single "God spot" responsible for mystical and religious experiences, a new study finds. ADVERTISEMENT Instead, the sense of union with God or something greater than the self often described by those who have undergone such experiences involves the recruitment and activation of a variety brain regions normally implicated in different functions such as self-consciousness, emotion and body representation. The finding, detailed in the current issue of Neuroscience Letters, contradicts previous suggestions by other researchers that the there might be a specific region in the brain designed for communication with God. more at link [ link to www.livescience.com] edited to 50% Last Edited by SPUD on 10/13/2011 01:26 PMtime flies in a linear mind |