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Serotonin Receptors May Be Linked to Spirituality/Religion
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RE: Serotonin Receptors May Be Linked to Spirituality/Religion
May 24, 2014 at 1:23 pm (This post was last modified: May 24, 2014 at 1:26 pm by Confused Ape.)
I'm very interested in the neuroscience of religious experience. There's more than one area of the brain involved and God On The Brain will explain it better than I could.

It's very likely that serotonin receptors have something to do with it but not necessarily for all people.

(May 24, 2014 at 12:58 pm)MountainsWinAgain Wrote: So does this mean that believers in God are happier than those who do not believe in this? Or does believing in any sort of philosophical ideology, or science,... or any thing make you more happy,than if you would not believe in anything? Is it even possible to believe in nothing?

People can believe in things that make them unhappy.
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RE: Serotonin Receptors May Be Linked to Spirituality/Religion - by Confused Ape - May 24, 2014 at 1:23 pm

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