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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>}}
=== Religious individuals and thicker cerebral cortices ===
According to the ''Journal of the American Medical Association - Psychiatry'' people who place a high importance of religion in their lives have thicker cerebral cortices and may be better able to fight depression.<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/31/study-reveals-what-religion-and-spirituality-might-be-doing-for-the-human-brain/]</ref><ref>[http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1792140]</ref> See: [[Atheism and depression]]
Thicker cerebral cortices in individuals is positively associated with higher intelligence.<ref>[http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/9/2163]</ref>
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