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Brain surgery boosts spirituality

by Janelle Weaver February 22, 2010.

Print: Nature

Lose a tumour, gain self-transcendence.

Removing part of the brain can induce inner peace, according to researchers from Italy. Their study provides the strongest evidence to date that spiritual thinking arises in, or is limited by, specific brain areas.