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. 2022 Oct 6:16:977600.
doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.977600. eCollection 2022.

The neural underpinning of religious beliefs: Evidence from brain lesions

Irene Cristofori  1   2 , Shira Cohen-Zimerman  3   4 , Joseph Bulbulia  5   6 , Barry Gordon  7   8 , Frank Krueger  9   10 , Jordan Grafman  3   4   11   12
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The neural underpinning of religious beliefs: Evidence from brain lesions

Irene Cristofori et al. Front Behav Neurosci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cognition; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; lesions mapping; religious belief; social cognition; ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

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