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20 sites in Neurotheology
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Wired article on relationship between Tibetan meditation and the brain.
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American Journal of Psychiatry research showing that "binding potential" (serotonin levels) correlated inversely with scores for self-transcendence.
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Article claiming there is no scientific rationale for the nouveau term "Neurotheology", and that researchers working on topics relating to religion should stick to the conventional Behavioural and Social Neurosciences categories.
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New Times article on Jesse Bering, who has researched children's belief in the afterlife, and the reaction to his work.
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Broad-ranging overview by Iona Miller, touching on archetypes, NDEs, drugs, trances, TMS, and shamanism.
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Article discussing evolutionary, anthropological (Boyer), and neuroscientific (Ramachandran, Newberg) aspects of religion.
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Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? Program summary for a BBC neurotheology special.
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Online portions of a book by the same name, reviewing scientific studies, discussing behavioral effects, and giving subjective reports. Searchable bibliography on meditation research.
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Materials accompanying a TV special on body and mind, with a brief overview of older theories and notable neurotheology research.
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Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article finding that epilepsy patients with high religiosity had smaller right hippocampi.
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Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.
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Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.
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Dr. Michael Winkelman, Anthropology Professor at Arizona State and author of "Shamanism: The Neural Economy of Consciousness", discusses the neurological basis of shamanism, mankind's oldest spiritual practice.
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Summary of "Zen and the Brain", James H. Austin's definitive work tracing the neuroscientific aspects of Zen.
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Website for Matthew Alper's book which suggests that "humans are innately hard-wired to perceive a spiritual reality".
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Article by Drs. Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili on the biological mechanisms underlying religious and spiritual experience, from the PBS "The Question of God" series.
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A brief but balanced overview of the field.
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Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.
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The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
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Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
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