Examining the structure and role of emotion: Contributions of neurobiology to the study of embodied religious experience

Zygon

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-200

  Norris, Rebecca Sachs ^a,b  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Cognitive science; Culture; Embodiment; Emotion; Experience; Gesture; Identity; Memory; Neuroscience; Nonverbal; Posture; Religious experience; Ritual; Transcendence; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845408188     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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