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God and the gap.

The article examines research into the connection between religious experience and neurological function. People with temporal-lobe epilepsy are prone to religious hallucinations.Two decades ago, this finding led Michael Persinger, a neuropsychologist at Laurentian University in Canada, to try stimu...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 373; no. 8406; p. 127
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/18/2004
Subjects:
Brain function localization
Neurophysiology
Brain stimulation
Religious experience
Persinger, Michael, 1945-2018
Granqvist, Pehr
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost