From The Brain Book
Religious belief and disbelief are driven by parts of the brain to do with emotions, not reasoning.
When a believer thinks about his religion, it activates the part of the brain that processes reward, emotion and taste.
In disbelievers, religion is registered by another part of the brain that generates feelings of rejection. This is the same area that registers disgust when a person is faced with something they can’t swallow.
This will be exceedingly disconcerting for some people
I’ve seen the same sort of results from people with right wing political views vs left wing political views. It would be fair to say people with a low IQ use different parts of the brain than people with a high IQ. It would be fair to say that a tribesman in the Amazon uses his brain differently an accountant in New York. We all have our preferences. How we use our brains is relative to experience/culture…….
@ Mike
I think this will be disconcerting to very few if any people. Most religions involve a relationship with a higher being, once you’re at the point of having this relationship it becomes emotional, like any other relationship.