Born to Believe God, Science, and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary Beliefs

Name: Born to Believe God, Science, and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary Beliefs
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ISBN: 9780743274982

ISBN-10: 0743274989

ISBN-13: 9780743274982

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrew Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman

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"Born to Believe" was previously published in hardcover as "Why We Believe What We Believe". Prayer...meditation...speaking in tongues. What do these spiritual activities share and how do they differ? Why do some people believe in God, while others embrace atheism? From the ordinary to the extraordinary, beliefs give meaning to the mysteries of life. They motivate us, provide us with our individual uniqueness, and ultimately change the structure and function of our brains. In "Born to Believe", Andrew Newberg, MD, and Mark Waldman reveal -- for the very first time -- how our complex views, memories, superstitions, morals, and beliefs are created by the neural activities of the brain.…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



How the Brain Makes Our Reality



The Power of Belief



A Mountain of Misperceptions: Searching for Beliefs in a Haystack of Neurons



Reality, Illusions, and the Aunt Who Cried Wolf: The Construction of Perceptual Beliefs



Santa Claus, Lucky Numbers, and the Magician in Our Brain: The Biology of Conceptual Beliefs



Childhood Development and Mortality



Parents, Peas, and "Putty Tats": The Development of Childhood Beliefs



Ordinary Criminals Like You and Me: The Gap between Behavior and Moral Beliefs



Spiritual Beliefs and the Brain



Nuns, Buddhists, and the Reality of Spiritual Beliefs



Speaking in Tongues



The Atheist Who Prayed to God



Becoming a Better Believer


Epilogue: Life, the Universe, and Our "Ultimate" Beliefs


Endnotes


Acknowledgments


Index