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Atheism and the brain (view source)
Revision as of 05:41, November 1, 2015
, 05:41, November 1, 2015→Study involving magnetism, brain function and the posterior medial frontal cortex
In other words, when you shut down the part of the brain most associated with logic and reasoning, greater levels of atheism result.<ref>[http://americanvision.org/12630/atheists-embarrassed-study-proves-atheism-uses-less-brain-function/ Atheists embarrassed: study proves atheism uses less brain function]</ref>}}
In other words, when you shut down the part of the brain most associated with logic and reasoning, greater levels of atheism result.<ref>[http://americanvision.org/12630/atheists-embarrassed-study-proves-atheism-uses-less-brain-function/ Atheists embarrassed: study proves atheism uses less brain function]</ref>}}
An abstract for the medical journal article ''Posterior medial frontal cortex activity predicts post-error adaptations in task-related visual and motor areas'' which was published in ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' describes the Posterior medial frontal cortex (pMMFC) thusly:
{{cquote|As Seneca the Younger put it, "To err is human, but to persist is diabolical." To prevent repetition of errors, human performance monitoring often triggers adaptations such as general slowing and/or attentional focusing. The posterior medial frontal cortex (pMFC) is assumed to monitor performance problems and to interact with other brain areas that implement the necessary adaptations. Whereas previous research showed interactions between pMFC and lateral-prefrontal regions, here we demonstrate that upon the occurrence of errors the pMFC selectively interacts with perceptual and motor regions and thereby drives attentional focusing toward task-relevant information and induces motor adaptation observed as post-error slowing.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21289188 J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 2;31(5):1780-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4299-10.2011.]</ref>}}
== Religious individuals and thicker cerebral cortices ==
== Religious individuals and thicker cerebral cortices ==