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The Brain is Hard-Wired for God ~ Dr. Andrew Newberg

April 4, 2001

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Science explains our attraction to God and religious experiences: our brains are biologically programmed to seek altered states and activate the new found "God Spot" in our brains.

"Dr. Andrew Newberg, University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist and author of "Why We Believe What We Believe," is working on ways to track how the human brain processes religion and spirituality. It's all part of new field of study called neurotheology.
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