The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief Export

@article{citeulike:5865284, abstract = {While religious faith remains one of the most significant features of human life, little is known about its relationship to ordinary belief at the level of the brain. Nor is it known whether religious believers and nonbelievers differ in how they evaluate statements of fact. Our lab previously has used functional neuroimaging to study belief as a general mode of cognition [1] , and others have looked specifically at religious belief [2] . However, no research has compared these two states of mind directly.}, author = {Harris, Sam and Kaplan, Jonas T. and Curiel, Ashley and Bookheimer, Susan Y. and Iacoboni, Marco and Cohen, Mark S.}, citeulike-article-id = {5865284}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007272}, comment = {Referenced in the LA Times health blog -- http://j.mp/12xrox (Sept. 30, 2009)}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0007272}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, keywords = {cognitive\_science, psychology, religion, research, science}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {e7272+}, posted-at = {2009-10-01 04:12:06}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007272}, volume = {4}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5865284 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5865284 N2 - While religious faith remains one of the most significant features of human life, little is known about its relationship to ordinary belief at the level of the brain. Nor is it known whether religious believers and nonbelievers differ in how they evaluate statements of fact. Our lab previously has used functional neuroimaging to study belief as a general mode of cognition [1] , and others have looked specifically at religious belief [2] . However, no research has compared these two states of mind directly. IS - 10 JF - PLoS ONE TI - The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief PB - Public Library of Science VL - 4 SP - e7272 KW - cognitive_science KW - psychology KW - religion KW - research KW - science N1 - Referenced in the LA Times health blog -- http://j.mp/12xrox (Sept. 30, 2009) AU - Harris, Sam AU - Kaplan, Jonas AU - Curiel, Ashley AU - Bookheimer, Susan AU - Iacoboni, Marco AU - Cohen, Mark PY - 2009/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007272 ER -