Temporal lobe epilepsy can trigger intense religious or spiritual experiencesSeizure type and brain area influence mystical ...

Artificial intelligence can feel abstract, so we’ve come to depend on certain narratives to try and make sense of it all. Some of the language we use to describe AI and our interactions with it is ...

A free yoga event in New York City’s Bryant Park, 2018. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images) Last May, the writer Tara Isabella Burton published a piece in the New York Times Sunday Review about ...

A look into the interplay between religious experiences and the brain. As Humans - Hydration, Exercise, and clean eating are vital to our health and well-being. But what about religious practices like ...

Since the advent of functional neuroimaging in the early 1990s, the temptation to peek into the brains of people praying, meditating, or speaking in tongues has been irresistible. As is often the case ...

A group of researchers at the University of Utah has launched a new project aimed at understanding how the brain operates in people with deep spiritual and religious beliefs. The Religious Brain ...

It’s a long word, a neologism, that seeks to capture a cultural transformation that is both historically specific and socially profound, a shift in mentalities and practices cutting to the core of ...

Three major themes emerged from the survey responses: religion was a key influence on participants’ mental health, some respondents experienced religious separation, and a few respondents experienced ...