1. The Relationship between Spirituality and the Limbic System
... (Joseph 109). Perhaps the most prevalent examples of environmental stimuli which activate the limbic system and temporal lobe, effectively inciting religious feelings, are complex geometric shapes. The amygdala and temporal lobe respond to visual images of such shapes. The ability to recognize these figures is dependent on specialized temporal lobe and amygdala neurons, which fire selectively in response to these images from dense ... among the "Aztecs, Mayans, American Indians, Romans, Greeks, Africans, Christians, Cro-Magnons, and Egyptians." (Joseph 109) The same can be said (althoug...
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