biorxiv.org/content/10.110โฆ
(2/11) Religious fundamentalism is a topic of worldwide concern. It is characterized by rigid adherence to a set of beliefs putatively revealing inerrant truths. It is ubiquitous across cultures and has a global impact on society.
Jun 29, 2021 โข 13 tweets โข 7 min read
(1/12) New article! I'm very pleased to share our most recent report: A neural circuit for spirituality and religiosity derived from patients with brain lesions. Here is my Twitter summary of our findings...
biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-โฆ
(2/12) Over 80% of the global population consider themselves religious or spiritual, but neural substrates remain unresolved. In two independent datasets (N1=88; N2=105), brain lesions associated with spirituality map to a brain circuit centered on the periaqueductal grey.
