This is Your Brain on God: Spiritual Experiences Activate Brain Reward Circuits Religious and spiritual experiences activate the brain reward circuits in much the same way as love, sex, gambling, drugs and music, new research finds.
How Lying Takes Our Brains Down a 'Slippery Slope' Telling small lies desensitizes our brains to the associated negative emotions and may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future.
Oxytocin ‘Love Hormone’ May Enhance Spirituality, Research Finds The naturally-occurring compound affects “how we perceive the world and what we believe.”
Cave Art Describes the Untold Interactions Between Europeans and Native Americans Archaeologists discover indigenous art, Christian symbols, and European “graffiti” on a tiny Caribbean island.
Philistine Cemetery Discovered in Israel May Help Solve Biblical Mystery "With this discovery we are close to unlocking the secrets of their origins."
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Are Linked to Higher Stress Levels, Study Finds Grab your tinfoil hats.
Case Study: Scientists Captured the Brain Activity at the Exact Moment a Man “Saw” God They were lucky enough to be monitoring his brain when the vision struck him.
6000-Year-Old Skulls Contain Large Surgical Holes These dangerous operations may have been performed for ritual, not medical, purposes