Neurotheology tries to explain the neuronal correlates of subjective spiritual experiences. The overall findings of this so called spiritual neuroscience are very controversial though.
Interestingly enough, this “God spot” in the brain can be associated with temporal lobe epilepsy. The condition occurring during temporal lobe epilepsy seizures and including hypergrafia, hyperreligiosity, reduces sexual interest (hyposexuality), fainting spells and pedantism is called Geschwind syndrome, after Norman Geschwind, who was the first neurologist to note a set of religious behavioural traits to the seizures. He observed (togheter with his colleague, G Waxman) that in cases when the temporal lobe is more active than usual between the seizures,
Interestingly enough, this “God spot” in the brain can be associated with temporal lobe epilepsy. The condition occurring during temporal lobe epilepsy seizures and including hypergrafia, hyperreligiosity, reduces sexual interest (hyposexuality), fainting spells and pedantism is called Geschwind syndrome, after Norman Geschwind, who was the first neurologist to note a set of religious behavioural traits to the seizures. He observed (togheter with his colleague, G Waxman) that in cases when the temporal lobe is more active than usual between the seizures,