Does anyone know of a link relating to the following?

Question

An experiment was done where a (Franciscan)nun and a monk prayed and meditated respectively. They had brain activity measured during the experiment, can't remember exactly how. At the hight of their prayer and meditation respectively there was an area in their brains that had reduced input of data as it were. It was the area that defines physical reality as it were. It sort of implied that there is a 'god' link/gate in our brain. Something that enables humans to experience the world beyond reality as we know it (without the use of drugs)
I heard this on Sunday morning radio some time ago. Been trying to find something through search engines but no luck. At the best i've ended up in neurotheology.
Anyone for pointers ...?

Acrobatic:I read 'God and the Limbic System', a chapter in 'Phantoms in the Brain' which was actually written by neuroscientists/psychology types ... The limbic system is the seat of emotions and since science has no clue what neurotransmitters are really involved in which emotional responses i stay very sceptical on any opinion they have of emotion. But in the same book there was something said of epileptics and the fact that many have deep, intense religious experiences when the suffer a grand mal fit. The writers leave it with a question mark there to the meaning of it all if i remember rightly (been a while since i read it now)

Answer 1

Sorry no answer. But very interesting.

Answer 2

read it all makes sense after a while http://www.pivot.net/~jpierce/God_Part.htm

or there is this Whether god exists or not is something that neuroscience cannot answer. For example, if we take a brain image of a person when they are looking at a picture, we will see various parts of the brain being activated, such as the visual cortex. But the brain image cannot tell us whether or not there is actually a picture 'out there' or whether the person is creating the picture in their own mind. To a certain degree, we all create our own sense of reality. Getting to what is real is the tricky part.

Answer 3

Go to Pubmed.com. It will not support any of these pseudo-scientific claims about a meditation-God connection, but if you type in "Meditation epilepsy" in the search box, you'll get to look at studies which show a correlation btw. abnormal brainwave activity and meditation.

The idea is that meditation may trigger seizures, and make the brain more susceptible to them. These "mystical" experiences during meditation may be due to SP or PC seizure activity as registered on EEG machines.

Answer 4

I remember an article very similar to the one you mention. It talked about the brain activity between believers and non, I think it was is "Psychology Today" or "Science Digest" several years ago. be very interested to read it if you find anything. There's an open space in all of us only God can fill.

Answer 5

No.

Answer 6

no