Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief
Cognitive and neural foundations of religious belief
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0811717106
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发表时间：
2009-03-24
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Grafman, Jordan
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作者：
Kapogiannis, Dimitrios;Barbey, Aron K.;Grafman, Jordan
我们提出了一个综合认知神经科学框架，用于理解宗教信仰的认知和神经基础。我们的分析揭示了宗教信仰的 3 个心理维度（上帝感知的参与程度、上帝感知的情感和教义/经验宗教知识），功能性 MRI 定位在关于意图和情感、抽象语义和图像的心理理论网络处理中。我们的研究结果是独一无二的，它证明了宗教信仰的特定组成部分是由众所周知的大脑网络介导的，并支持将宗教信仰置于进化适应性认知功能基础上的当代心理学理论。
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.