The Neuroscience of Religious Experience(English, Hardcover, McNamara Patrick Ph.D.)

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The Neuroscience of Religious Experience(English, Hardcover, McNamara Patrick Ph.D.) is written by McNamara Patrick Ph.D. and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521889588 (ISBN 10) and 9780521889582 (ISBN 13).

Technical advances in the life and medical sciences have revolutionised our understanding of the brain, while the emerging disciplines of social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience continue to reveal the connections of the higher cognitive functions and emotional states associated with religious experience to underlying brain states. At the same time, a host of developing theories in psychology and anthropology posit evolutionary explanations for the ubiquity and persistence of religious beliefs and the reports of religious experiences across human cultures, while gesturing toward physical bases for these behaviours. What is missing from this literature is a strong voice speaking to these behavioural and social scientists - as well as to the intellectually curious in the religious studies community - from the perspective of a brain scientist.