Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Damage to One Brain Region Can Boost “Transcendent” Feelings | 80beats | Discover Magazine
By observing brain cancer patients before and after brain surgery, researchers in Italy have found that damage to the posterior part of the brain, specifically in an area called the parietal cortex, can increase patients’ feelings of “self transcendence,” or feeling at one with the universe. The parietal cortex is the region that is is […]