A neurologist is hooking nuns up with electrodes to better understand union with God. Talk about weird.
In the first of what he hopes will be a series of experiments, Dr Beauregard and his doctoral student Vincent Paquette are recording electrical activity in the brains of seven Carmelite nuns through electrodes attached to their scalps. Their aim is to identify the brain processes underlying the Unio Mystica—the Christian notion of mystical union with God. The nuns (the researchers hope to recruit 15 in all) will also have their brains scanned using positron-emission tomography and functional magnetic-resonance imaging, the most powerful brain-imaging tools available.Posted by scott at March 5, 2004 07:27 AM | TrackBack
Interesting. Strange. Strangely interesting.
Posted by: ron at March 5, 2004 11:13 AM