God in the Lab

A day with some of the World’s leading scientific researchers into faith, many from Oxford University

GOD IN THE LAB
Saturday, 21st March, 10.30am-4pm.
A day with leading scientific researchers into faith - looking at hearing voices, possession, the effect of faith on pain perception, etc. What goes on the brain of someone hearing voices? Come and see the MRI scans. Is religious belief hard-wired into us? Yes, says one of our speakers, and provides empirical evidence.
11-12am. EMMA COHEN (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
Do ghosts get itchy? Mind, body, and afterlife in cross-cultural perspective
12-1pm. MIKE JACKSON
Mike Jackson will be presenting some interesting recent fMRI scan results on people hearing benign spiritual voices, and has a lot of relevant clinical case material and a general theory of these phenomena, and their relationship with psychopathology, which he’ll be sharing with us.
1pm to 2pm – Lunch Break. Lunch is not provided, however there are a number of Sandwich Bars close by.
2-3pm JUSTIN BARRETT (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
Born Believers: The Naturalness of Childhood Theism
3-4pm MIGUEL FARIAS (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
The Strength of Belief: Neuroimaging of religious-based analgesia

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