MacLean's triune brain and the origin of the ''Immense Power Being'' idea

Author(s): Giammanco, S.

Journal/Book: Mankind Quart. 1998; 39: 1133 13Th St NW, #C-2, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Inst Study Man. 173-201.

Abstract: The author surveys the evolutionary structure of the human brain in relation to the phenomenon of human religiosity, with particular reference to the synthesis of serotonin and the human tendency to search for and recognize a ''group leader.''

Note: Article Ernandes M, Univ Palermo, I-90133 Palermo, ITALY

Keyword(s): triune brain; religion (origin of); theism; serotonin; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEROTONIN; BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; MONOAMINE; PRIMATES; MONKEYS; HOMINID

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