When it comes to religion, believers and nonbelievers appear to think very differently. But at the level of the brain, is believing in God different from believing that the sun is a star or that 4 is an even number?
Or, I might add, believing that humans cause global warming?
In the first neuroimaging study to systematically compare religious faith with ordinary cognition, researchers have found the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the same areas in the brain.
Or, I might add, believing that humans cause global warming?
In the first neuroimaging study to systematically compare religious faith with ordinary cognition, researchers have found the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the same areas in the brain.
The study also found that we use the same brain regions to judge the truth of religious and nonreligious propositions. The results, the study authors say, represent a critical advance in the psychology of religion. The paper appeared Sept. 30 in the journal PLoS ONE (www.plosone.org).
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