Specific Neural Networks , Connected With Religious , Worship Identified.<br />PsyPost reports that a recent brain study has offered insights into the brain activation patterns associated with religious experiences.<br />PsyPost reports that a recent brain study has offered insights into the brain activation patterns associated with religious experiences.<br />The study, published in the journal <br />Social Neuroscience, was conducted <br />among evangelical Christians. .<br />The study, published in the journal <br />Social Neuroscience, was conducted <br />among evangelical Christians. .<br />The findings suggest that religious experiences involve <br />three different neural networks, the auditory network, <br />the salience network and the default mode network.<br />The findings suggest that religious experiences involve <br />three different neural networks, the auditory network, <br />the salience network and the default mode network.<br />According to PsyPost, a religious experience <br />is a feeling of subjective connection <br />to a deity or supernatural agent. .<br />According to PsyPost, a religious experience <br />is a feeling of subjective connection <br />to a deity or supernatural agent. .<br />The work of study authors Yoshija Walter and Thomas <br />Koenig aims to fill a void in research concerning large-scale <br />brain activation patterns involved with spirituality.<br />The work of study authors Yoshija Walter and Thomas <br />Koenig aims to fill a void in research concerning large-scale <br />brain activation patterns involved with spirituality.<br />I think religious experiences are <br />a fascinating topic. First, it is because <br />they are very important and deep <br />to the ones they occur to. <br />Second, it is because they are attached <br />to strong meaning-making mechanisms, Yoshija Walter, via PsyPost.<br />I think religious experiences are <br />a fascinating topic. First, it is because <br />they are very important and deep <br />to the ones they occur to. <br />Second, it is because they are attached <br />to strong meaning-making mechanisms, Yoshija Walter, via PsyPost.<br />Third, such experiences are distinctly human <br />(animals are not particularly known <br />for them). And fourth, there is not <br />much known about them at the moment, Yoshija Walter, via PsyPost.<br />Third, such experiences are distinctly human <br />(animals are not particularly known <br />for them). And fourth, there is not <br />much known about them at the moment, Yoshija Walter, via PsyPost.<br />Walter and Koenig's work suggests that the default mode network (DMN) may be involved with the ego dissolution associated with religious experiences.<br />The involvement of the auditory network is associated with , "semantic storage, processing and retrieval.".<br />The authors also suggest that intense religious experience may , “invoke a cognitive shift in attentional control" , connected with a shift from introspection to extrospection
