TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A1  - Kapogiannis, Dimitrios
A1  - Barbey, Aron K.
A1  - Su, Michael
A1  - Zamboni, Giovanna
A1  - Krueger, Frank
A1  - Grafman, Jordan
SP  - 4876
EP  - 4881
VL  - 106
IS  - 12
N2  - We propose an integrative cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding the cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief. Our analysis reveals 3 psychological dimensions of religious belief (God's perceived level of involvement, God's perceived emotion, and doctrinal/experiential religious knowledge), which functional MRI localizes within networks processing Theory of Mind regarding intent and emotion, abstract semantics, and imagery. Our results are unique in demonstrating that specific components of religious belief are mediated by well-known brain networks, and support contemporary psychological theories that ground religious belief within evolutionary adaptive cognitive functions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0027-8424
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811717106
ID  - ref1
ER  -