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To: jerry557
"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)
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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
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