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In his recent book "Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief" (Scribner; $14), ... reflects the emotive system of the mammalian brain, and God as the Word, Logos, ...
WHY GOD WON'T GO AWAY: SCIENCE AND THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF Andrew Newberg, M.D., Eugene D'Aquili, M.D., and Vince Rause (Ballantine Books, 2001) Reviewed by Michael Shermer, Ph.D. God is puzzling ...
Neurospirituality crosses multiple disciplines to study how and why the human brain has a sense of the divine. Evidence is ...
The 'God helmet' (left) is said to use electrical impulses to recreate religious experiences When neuroscientist Andrew Newberg scanned the brain of “Kevin”, a staunch atheist, while he was ...
God on the Brain. Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? ... Pascal Boyer, Basic Books. Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the architecture of the mind ...
The book, Broadleaf says, shows how a “centering pause,” or spending a few minutes meditating, praying, or doing other contemplative practices, can positively rewire brain circuitry. Return to ...
Little House on the Prairie actress recalls brain tumor diagnosis. Wendi Lou Lee, who played Grace Ingalls, has a new book, "Red Tail Feathers: Dare to Discover the Beauty of Grace," in which she ...
A neuroscientist-turned-computational biologist lays out a provocative theory in his new book, where he argues that the connection to God that some people feel comes from the same neural circuitry ...
A Malcolm, Nebraska man recently published a book about his extraordinary life. It’s a book about faith, perseverance, and hard work after a brain injury. It’s Derek Ruth’s comeback story ...
In his new book, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science,” Alan Lightman describes watching the lives of a family of ospreys one summer near his house on a small island in ...