3 papers in the library · 220 citations · publishing 2010-2026
March 31, 2026 Cosimo Urgesi
This chapter explores the neurocognitive underpinnings of spirituality, with particular emphasis on the role of predictive processing of bodily signals in shaping spiritual, but not religious experiences. Integrating predictive coding models with findings from neuroimaging, lesion, and brain stimulation studies, it argues that spirituality is deeply embodied, arising from altered...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) March 27, 2026 Morgan Rose Healey, Yaser Sanchez-Gama, Mengyuan Ding et al.
Abstract Self-transcendence, the reorientation of experience away from the self toward others, nature, or broader meaning, is a fundamental dimension of human psychology, yet its causal neural architecture remains poorly understood. Here we applied lesion network mapping to 88 neurosurgical patients with pre- and post-operative assessments of trait self-transcendence to identify the distributed...
Neuron February 1, 2010 Cosimo Urgesi, Salvatore M. Aglioti, Miran Skrap et al. 220 citations
The predisposition of human beings toward spiritual feeling, thinking, and behaviors is measured by a supposedly stable personality trait called self-transcendence. Although a few neuroimaging studies suggest that neural activation of a large fronto-parieto-temporal network may underpin a variety of spiritual experiences, information on the causative link between such a network and spirituality...