Archive for September 4th, 2006

Neural correlates of a mystical experience

0 Comments Published by Vijay September 4th, 2006 in MRI, Medical Research, Medicine, Radiology

Mario Beauregard and Vincent Paquette of the Université de Montréal in Canada used functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of 15 Carmelite nuns who were asked to remember the most intense mystical experience they had ever had.
Their findings were published in Neuroscience Letters.
Abstract: The main goal of this functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) [...]