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Spirituality and the brain : Is God a figment of the imagination

Title
Spirituality and the brain : Is God a figment of the imagination / produced by ABC News.
Publication
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Bury, Chris.
  • Persinger, Michael A.
  • Bairne, Michael.
  • Newberg, Andrew.
  • ABC News.
  • Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Presents laboratory evidence identifying specific locations in the brain that are involved in what people term religious experiences. Can any of this data categorically prove or disprove the existence of a supreme being? Author Michael Persinger, internist Michael Bairne, neuroradiologist Andrew Newberg (both of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center) and others discuss their findings and share insights into the nature of deity and the brain.
Uniform Title
Nightline (Television program)
Alternative Title
  • Is God a figment of the imagination?
  • Science and spirituality
Subjects
Note
  • "2-19-04."
  • "Originally broadcast on 1/02/02"--Container.
  • Videodisc release of a 2002 program in the ABC News series Nightline.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
OCLC
  • ocm54699323
  • SCSB-5280531
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries