Category
page 1Neurotheology
spirit possession
a belief that animas, demons, extraterrestrials, gods, or spirits can take control of a human body
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian-American neuroscientist
temporal lobe epilepsy
Human disease
neurotheology
Study of correlations of neural phenomena with subjective experiences of spirituality and hypotheses to explain these phenomena
Geschwind syndrome
potential personality changes over time associated with temporal lobe epilepsy

Michael Persinger
American-Canadian psychologist
Andrew B. Newberg
American neuroscientist
God helmet
experimental apparatus developed by Stanley Koren and Michael Persinger

agent detection
inclination to presume that phenomena can be explained as the actions of a conscious agent
Marsh Chapel Experiment
1962 experiment about psilocybin’s role as entheogen in religious people