RT Article
T1 The Genesis of Mind and Spirit
JF Zygon
VO 36
IS 1
SP 93
OP 104
A1 Teske, John A.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2001
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827954450
AB Spiritual life is made possible by the evolution of a human neuropsychology that requires social interdependence for its development. Extensive neuroplasticity requires experiential shaping throughout life. The evolution of frontal cortex hypertrophy suggests that much of this shaping is produced by a socially constructed virtual reality, extending beyond immediate experience. Prefrontal colonization makes possible the social scaffolding of neuroregulation, including the emotional attachments necessary for moral life. Cognitive independence from immediate environments enables symbioses with external memory systems, producing novel forms of socially constituted experience and making possible the transformative effect of religious systems upon individual biologies and psychologies.
K1 Virtual Reality
K1 Spirituality
K1 socialconstruction
K1 Neuropsychology
K1 Internalization
K1 Emotion
K1 cognitive evolution
K1 brain development
DO 10.1111/0591-2385.00342