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God in the brain
(With thanks to Photoshop and apologies to Michelangelo) A recent study for the theology think-tank Theos found that 53% of Britons believe in life after death, 55% in heaven and 70% believe in the human soul. We know that at least half of the human brain is committed to logic, facts and certainty; yet these statistics demonstrate that the majority of us hold beliefs for which there is no proof. In this article we therefore look at how it is possible for a single human brain to deal with such apparent conflict and at the questions of how we believe and why we believe. Click here to read the article or here to add your own thoughts and comments in the related Brain Blog item. |
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Are Love and Hate the same?A new study has found that the same neural circuits are involved in the emotions of both love and hate. It begs the question as to how they end up being so different? More... |
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Learning from mistakesAn "early warning signal" from the lower region of the brain is now known to help us avoid repeating previous mistakes - not just the conscious analysis of what went wrong. More... |
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