Posts Tagged ‘brain’
Investigators stunned by child dismemberment SAN ANTONIO – The scene was so gruesome investigators could barely speak: A 3 1/2-week-old boy lay dismembered in the bedroom of a single-story house, three of his tiny toes chewed off, his face torn away, his head severed and his brains ripped out.”At this particular scene you could have [...]
Researchers find brain differences between believers and non-believers In two studies led by Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, participants performed a Stroop task – a well-known test of cognitive control – while hooked up to electrodes that measured their brain activity. Compared to non-believers, the religious participants showed significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate [...]
 The reason evil exists in the world is because god(s) gave us free will, right? Doesn’t look that way. Free will? Not as much as you think You’re going to press that button, right? You know you’re going to press it and then . . . you make a conscious decision and you press it, [...]
