A critique of “Neurotheology” and an examination of spatial perception in mystical experience
Acta Neuropsychologica March 25, 2012 David T. Bradford 2 citations
The "neurotheology" developed by d'Aquili and Newberg is critiqued, beginning with its modular conception of mental process and its understanding of the contribution of language, deafferentation, and autonomic and limbic arousal in mystical experience.Neurotheology makes claims about ultimate reality and the neuropsychological means of its realization.A spatial perception that conveys the sense...