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DESCRIPTION:This month Atheist Advocates of SF features a talk by Dr. Sarah Strand on 
 the neurobiology of religion and religious experiences.\n\nShe will talk 
 about how to induce an out-of-body experience and why people tend to feel a 
 sense of peace and connection when they have one. To many this proves the 
 existence of a spiritual world inhabited by god(s). Sarah explains just how 
 fallacious this argument is.\n\nEvidence increasingly demonstrates that the 
 feelings associated with religious experiences play a primary role in 
 people being intensely religious. Andy Thompson of the Richard Dawkins 
 Foundation has written about the ways in which religion latches onto human 
 characteristics developed during our evolutionary history. Sarah will focus 
 on what cortices of the brain are associated with religion, and how 
 religious experiences induce strong sensations of pleasure, providing an 
 illusion of an invisible friend in a world beyond ours. She will tell you 
 who William James, Olaf Blanke, and Michael Persinger are and what they 
 have in common.  \n\nAnd if all that fails to convince you to attend, then 
 come for a funny god cartoon and to see a woman wearing a football helmet 
 who sees floating spiritual entities. How can you resist that?\n\nWhen Sara 
 gave this talk in Sacramento at a large atheist gathering, it was highly 
 rated.\n\nHere are some member comments:\n\n"A great, succinct 
 presentation. Very well done!"\n\n"What a great talk! Now I see how my 
 sister could have really seen angels around her bed at the age of 5. This 
 is her trump card proof of God to this day."\n\n"Great presentation, fun 
 and informative. I understand a bit better now that it's not all about 
 indoctrination and tradition."\n\nDr. Strand is a research supervisor in 
 the neurobiology department at UC Davis.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/01/18686630.php
SUMMARY:Dr. Sarah Strand Speaks on the Neurobiology of Religion at AASF 8/14
LOCATION:Audre Lorde Room (Upstairs), Women's Building, 3543 18th (at Valencia), San 
 Francisco 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/01/18686630.php
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