PLoS OneJuly 3, 2009Sam M Doesburg, Jessica J Green, John J McDonald et al.
Consciousness has been proposed to emerge from functionally integrated large-scale ensembles of gamma-synchronous neural populations that form and dissolve at a frequency in the theta band. We propose that discrete moments of perceptual experience are implemented by transient gamma-band synchronization of relevant cortical regions, and that disintegration and reintegration of these assemblies...
The human brain apparently harbors no network or region uniquely dedicated to spiritual or religious thought, or clearly evolved specifically in these contexts. God is thus nowhere in the brain. Could God, instead, be virtually everywhere in the brain? We propose and evaluate the hypothesis that religious and spiritual cognition are derived predominantly from the effects of (virtually...