On May 28, 2009, at 5:52 PM, sparaig wrote:
--- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <r...@...> wrote:
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/brain/
The <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?
storyId=104257486> Science Of Spirituality
Is This Your Brain On God?
More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual
experience that changed their lives. Now, scientists from
universities likeHarvard,Pennsylvaniaand Johns Hopkins are using
new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they
have touched the spiritual -- from Christians who speak in tongues
to Buddhist monks to people who claim to have had near-death
experiences. Hear what they have discovered in this controversial
field, as the science of spirituality continues to evolve.
<http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/brain/#email>
As I've pointed out before, the specific areas of hte brain that TM
activates/deactivates generally don't coincide with ANY of the
"spiritual centers"
that are mentioned.
TM activates the areas of the brain for mentation on a vague sound.
What's big deal about that?
Didn't they steal their thalamic gating theory straight out of Zen and
the Brain?
