http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/what-believing-in-god-does-to-your-brain-a6950956.html
Citando:
"From what we know about the brain, the leap of faith to belief in the supernatural amounts to pushing aside the critical/analytical way of thinking to help us achieve greater social and emotional insight."
Estudo:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149989
