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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
In America there’s a feeling of Christmas. But that’s not the only winter holiday going on. Jews are lighting1 Hanukkah candles, Muslims recently feasted on Eid al-Adha, and pagans celebrated2 the solstice. So it’s a good time for researchers to consider spirituality—from a scientific point of view.
One experience central to major religions around the world is that of transcendence, the idea of almost losing a sense of self to the feeling that there’s something bigger out there. Now scientists at the University of Missouri say they’ve located that experience in our brains. All the people studied, from Buddhist3 monks4 in meditation5 to Francescan nuns6 in prayer, experience this transcendence. And they all have decreased activity in the right parietal lobe7 of the brain. That area has to do with senses such as orienting yourself in the space around you. The study was published in Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science.
Interestingly, people with injuries to the right parietal lobe report increased levels of spiritual experiences. The researchers are quick to say that this connection doesn’t minimize the role of religion, and that religious or spiritual experiences might decrease activity in that region and thus increase that special feeling of transcendence. Just in time for the holidays.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
1 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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adj.有名的,声誉卓著的 | |
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adj./n.佛教的,佛教徒 | |
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n.修道士,僧侣( monk的名词复数 ) | |
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n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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n.(通常指基督教的)修女, (佛教的)尼姑( nun的名词复数 ) | |
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n.耳垂,(肺,肝等的)叶 | |
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