Lesions on the brain could be cause of religious extremism – study

‘A traumatic brain injury could end up making people more extreme in their religious beliefs, according to new research.
Scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois claim they have discovered a connection between head trauma and a person’s unwillingness to accept new ideas – a link, researchers say, makes some people more zealous about their faith.
Writing in the journal ‘Neuropsychologia’, the study’s lead neurologist, Jordan Grafman, says that religious “flexibility” is dependent on the health of the area of the brain governing “openness.”’
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