{"id":9,"date":"2010-02-11T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/certain-brain-damage-can-impact-spirituality-study-finds.html"},"modified":"2010-02-11T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T12:30:00","slug":"certain-brain-damage-can-impact-spirituality-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/certain-brain-damage-can-impact-spirituality-study-finds.html","title":{"rendered":"Certain Brain Damage Can Impact Spirituality, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"All that we are is in our brains.  Heart break happens in the brain.  Love happens in the brain.  And yes, if you are &#8220;saved&#8221;, it is your brain that is saved.  The brain is the home of the human soul.  The study below is further confirmation.<br \/><br \/>A new study has found link between brain activity and spirituality by testing patients before and after they had surgery to remove brain tumors. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/100210124757.htm\">http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2010\/02\/100210124757.htm<\/a><br \/><br \/>The study, published in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Neuron, focused on the a personality trait, self-transcendence (ST), which is used<br \/>as a gauge of spiritual feeling and thinking in individuals. The characteristic is marked by a person feeling like he or she is a part of the larger universe.    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6WSS-4YC2GXT-5&amp;_user=10&amp;_coverDate=02%2F11%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=e4fb1257622032866d30264bf0a9b72\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&#038;_udi=B6WSS-4YC2GXT-5&#038;_user=10&#038;_coverDate=02%2F11%2F2010&#038;_rdoc=1&#038;_fmt=high&#038;_orig=search&#038;_sort=d&#038;_docanchor=&view;=c&#038;_acct=C000050221&#038;_version=1&#038;_urlVersion=0&#038;_userid=10&#038;md5;=e4fb1257622032866d30264bf0a9b72<\/a>4<br \/><br \/>The research compared ST scores of patients before and after they had brain tumors removed, mapping their brain lesions after surgery.<br \/><br \/>The study determined that select damage to the left and right posterior parietal regions of the brain increased ST. 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