From: Jay Willingham (jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 15:33:31 EDT
Thanks so much.
What are " temporal lobe signs"?
Jay
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From: EckertWAIII@aol.com
To: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: A "God" Part of the Brain?
Do you have a cite to any good articles summarizing the current state of research regarding God experiences and human anatomic responses? - jaywillingham@cfl.rr.com
I'm not aware of any review articles that sumarize the current state of the research in this area; however, the books that I mentioned in previous posts do a reasonable job. There are several other books out there. "Neurotheology" looks promising; I've just ordered it. Below are primary articles (a few are review articles) that are on my personal reading list related to the hypothesis of activity changes in the temporal lobe of the human brain correlating with experiences of God (some papers are somewhat peripherally related). Maybe there are other articles that people would add to the list? Since Neurology is going to be the focus of the next ASA meeting, unless I'm misunderstanding a post on this, maybe some of you would like to join me in reading literature (articles and books) on this topic and continue to discuss them on the list throughout the year? As I mentioned before, I am at the beginning of my literature research in this specific intersection of science and faith/philosophy (I've read a couple of books on the topic).
1: Newberg AB, Iversen J.
The neural basis of the complex mental task of meditation: neurotransmitter and
neurochemical considerations.
Med Hypotheses. 2003 Aug;61(2):282-91.
PMID: 12888320 [PubMed - in process]
2: Newberg A, Alavi A, Baime M, Pourdehnad M, Santanna J, d'Aquili E.
The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during the complex cognitive
task of meditation: a preliminary SPECT study.
Psychiatry Res. 2001 Apr 10;106(2):113-22.
PMID: 11306250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
1: Ashley B.
Integrative unity and the human soul.
Natl Cathol Bioeth Q. 2001 Spring;1(1):7-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 12862049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Kurup RK, Kurup PA.
Hypothalamic digoxin, hemispheric chemical dominance, and spirituality.
Int J Neurosci. 2003 Mar;113(3):383-93.
PMID: 12803140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Deepak KK.
Neurophysiological mechanisms of induction of meditation: a
hypothetico-deductive approach.
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2002 Apr;46(2):136-58. Review.
PMID: 12500489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Goodman N.
The serotonergic system and mysticism: could LSD and the nondrug-induced
mystical experience share common neural mechanisms?
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2002 Jul-Sep;34(3):263-72.
PMID: 12422936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Travis F, Tecce J, Arenander A, Wallace RK.
Patterns of EEG coherence, power, and contingent negative variation
characterize the integration of transcendental and waking states.
Biol Psychol. 2002 Nov;61(3):293-319.
PMID: 12406612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Travis F, Olson T, Egenes T, Gupta HK.
Physiological patterns during practice of the Transcendental Meditation
technique compared with patterns while reading Sanskrit and a modern language.
Int J Neurosci. 2001 Jul;109(1-2):71-80.
PMID: 11699342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Begley S.
Searching for the God within.
Newsweek. 2001 Jan 29;137(5):59. No abstract available.
PMID: 11201273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Puri BK, Lekh SK, Nijran KS, Bagary MS, Richardson AJ.
SPECT neuroimaging in schizophrenia with religious delusions.
Int J Psychophysiol. 2001 Mar;40(2):143-8.
PMID: 11165352 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Travis F, Tecce JJ, Guttman J.
Cortical plasticity, contingent negative variation, and transcendent
experiences during practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.
Biol Psychol. 2000 Nov;55(1):41-55.
PMID: 11099807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: [No authors listed]
Does neuroscience threaten human values?
Nat Neurosci. 1998 Nov;1(7):535-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 10196554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Galaria I.
Search for the soul.
J Neurosurg. 1999 Apr;90(4):807. No abstract available.
PMID: 10193635 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Ogata A, Miyakawa T.
Religious experiences in epileptic patients with a focus on ictus-related
episodes.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1998 Jun;52(3):321-5.
PMID: 9681585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
1: Persinger MA.
The neuropsychiatry of paranormal experiences.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2001 Fall;13(4):515-24. No abstract available.
PMID: 11748322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Cook CM, Persinger MA.
Geophysical variables and behavior: XCII. Experimental elicitation of the
experience of a sentient being by right hemispheric, weak magnetic fields:
interaction with temporal lobe sensitivity.
Percept Mot Skills. 2001 Apr;92(2):447-8.
PMID: 11361305 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Cook CM, Persinger MA.
Experimental induction of the "sensed presence" in normal subjects and an
exceptional subject.
Percept Mot Skills. 1997 Oct;85(2):683-93.
PMID: 9347559 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Persinger MA.
Out-of-body-like experiences are more probable in people with elevated complex
partial epileptic-like signs during periods of enhanced geomagnetic activity: a
nonlinear effect.
Percept Mot Skills. 1995 Apr;80(2):563-9.
PMID: 7675591 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Persinger MA, Bureau YR, Peredery OP, Richards PM.
The sensed presence as right hemispheric intrusions into the left hemispheric
awareness of self: an illustrative case study.
Percept Mot Skills. 1994 Jun;78(3 Pt 1):999-1009.
PMID: 8084725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Persinger MA.
Vectorial cerebral hemisphericity as differential sources for the sensed
presence, mystical experiences and religious conversions.
Percept Mot Skills. 1993 Jun;76(3 Pt 1):915-30. Review.
PMID: 8321608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Persinger MA.
Paranormal and religious beliefs may be mediated differentially by subcortical
and cortical phenomenological processes of the temporal (limbic) lobes.
Percept Mot Skills. 1993 Feb;76(1):247-51.
PMID: 8451133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Persinger MA.
Enhanced incidence of "the sensed presence" in people who have learned to
meditate: support for the right hemispheric intrusion hypothesis.
Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Dec;75(3 Pt 2):1308-10.
PMID: 1484802 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Munro C, Persinger MA.
Relative right temporal-lobe theta activity correlates with Vingiano's
hemispheric quotient and the "sensed presence".
Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Dec;75(3 Pt 1):899-903.
PMID: 1454493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Persinger MA, Makarec K.
The feeling of a presence and verbal meaningfulness in context of temporal lobe
function: factor analytic verification of the muses?
Brain Cogn. 1992 Nov;20(2):217-26.
PMID: 1449754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Persinger MA.
Right hemisphericity, low self-esteem, and unusual experiences: a response to
Vingiano.
Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Oct;75(2):568-70.
PMID: 1408622 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Lavallee MR, Persinger MA.
Left ear (right temporal lobe) suppressions during dichotic listening,
ego-alien intrusion experiences and spiritualistic beliefs in normal women.
Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Oct;75(2):547-51.
PMID: 1408618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Persinger MA.
Preadolescent religious experience enhances temporal lobe signs in normal young
adults.
Percept Mot Skills. 1991 Apr;72(2):453-4.
PMID: 1852555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: Persinger MA, Fisher SD.
Elevated, specific temporal lobe signs in a population engaged in psychic
studies.
Percept Mot Skills. 1990 Dec;71(3 Pt 1):817-8.
PMID: 2293183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: Persinger MA, Valliant PM.
Temporal lobe signs and reports of subjective paranormal experiences in a
normal population: a replication.
Percept Mot Skills. 1985 Jun;60(3):903-9.
PMID: 4022738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Persinger MA.
Propensity to report paranormal experiences is correlated with temporal lobe
signs.
Percept Mot Skills. 1984 Oct;59(2):583-6.
PMID: 6514502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Persinger MA.
People who report religious experiences may also display enhanced temporal-lobe
signs.
Percept Mot Skills. 1984 Jun;58(3):963-75.
PMID: 6473043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
18: Persinger MA.
Religious and mystical experiences as artifacts of temporal lobe function: a
general hypothesis.
Percept Mot Skills. 1983 Dec;57(3 Pt 2):1255-62.
PMID: 6664802 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
-Bill
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Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Durham, NC
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