News and commentary on Religion, especially Southern religion.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Remember the human brain's unique "God spot"?

It still isn't there. Religious musings apparently activate the same kinds of brain structures as do more mundane preoccupations, say scientists in in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Other primates may not, however, have the brain functionality required to support a cohesive notion of religion. Something our early ancestors also had.

All of which (surprise) still leaves us with a lot to examine.

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