Scientists Are Exploring The Human Cerebral Cortex

Scientists Are Exploring The Human Cerebral Cortex.
Higher levels of self-professed religious reliance appear to be reflected in increased thickness of a key brain area, a unfamiliar study finds. Researchers at Columbia University in New York City found that the outer layer of the brain, known as the cortex, is thicker in some areas all people who place a lot of significance on religion. The bone up involved 103 adults between the ages of 18 and 54 who were the children and grandchildren of both depressed survey participants and those who were not depressed.

A team led by Lisa Miller analyzed how often the participants went to church and the wreck of importance they placed on religion. This assessment was made twice over the track of five years. Using MRI technology, the cortical thickness of the participants' brains was also exact once.