A Psychological Interpretation Of Religious Experience

Question 1

Neurophysiology is an area of science which studies the brain and the ? ?

Answer 1

Nervous system.

Question 2

As part of the development of ?, some scientists have taken an interest in the relationship between what goes on in the brain and the feelings of typical religious experience, such as feelings of being at one with the ? and feelings of standing in the presence of an overwhelming ?

Answer 2

Neurophysiology.
Universe.
Power.

Question 3

A study took place in the 80’s led by ? where volunteers wore a helmet-shaped device which transmitted weak magnetic signals through the brain. A significant proportion reported feelings which had ? to those who have religious experiences.

Answer 3

Persinger.

Similarities.

Question 4

In near-death experiences, physiological studies, such as those by ? and ?, explained through observation of the release of emotion-altering ? in the body at times of stress, such as noradrenaline and ?

Answer 4

Mobbs.
Watts.
Hormones.
Dopamine.

Question 5

It could be that ? might offer a more ? explanation of religious experience than the explanation that it comes from God.

Answer 5

Physiology.

Plausible.