"Damage to posterior parietal areas induced unusually fast changes of a stable personality dimension related to transcendental self-referential awareness. Thus, dysfunctional parietal neural activity may underpin altered spiritual and religious attitudes and behaviors."
Uhmm .. OK!?
3 posted on 02/11/2010 11:16:16 PM PST by plinyelder
("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
Basically it means that there is a difference in a key personality trait that is linked to spirituality/religion when certain areas of the brain are damaged.
4 posted on 02/11/2010 11:22:49 PM PST by jerry557