Media: Subproject PI Videos
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition Subproject Meeting
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman and Dr. Patrick McNamara met along with Subproject PIs on September 28, 2023, to allow each researcher to update the group on the progress of their research and foster a spirit of collaboration between projects
Dr. Wildman: CNRC Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leader Dr. Patrick McNamara continues the subproject interview series with Dr. Wesley Wildman. Dr. Wildman’s research project focuses on Simulating Supernatural-Agent Cognition. In this interview, we discuss the importance of this work and the unique insights it could provide for the field of religious cognition as a whole.
Dr. Ostafin: CNRC Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara continue the subproject interview series with Dr. Brian Ostafin who alongside Co-PI Dr. André Aleman is studying Neural and Psychological Mechanisms in Biblical Interpretation under Emotion Induction Conditions. In this interview, we discuss the questions the team seeks to have answered, delve into various aspects of the study’s design, and explore the topic of awe-inspiring experiences.
Learn more about Dr. Brian D. Ostafin, PhD, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands →
Dr. Sirigu: CNRC Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara continue the subproject interview series with Dr. Angela Sirigu and colleagues, Dr. Irene Cristofori & Dr. Salvatore Aglioti, who are researching “The Embodied Representation of the Divine.” In this interview, we discuss their research and explore the implications of the study as well as various avenues of future research to which it could lead.
Angela Sirigu, PhD, CNRS, iMIND Center of Excellence for Autism, Lyon, France
Irene Cristofori, PhD, University of Lyon, ISC Marc Jeannerod, Lyon, France
Salvatore Aglioti, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Dr. Crespi: CNRC Subproject Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara continue the subproject interview series with Dr. Bernard Crespi who is researching the idea of Autism and Schizotypy as Windows into Religious Neurocognition. In this interview, we talk through some of the specifics of the study’s design as well as its role within the fields of social & neurobiological science.
Learn more about Dr. Bernard Crespi, PhD, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada →
Dr. Johnstone: CNRC Subproject Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara sat down with Dr. Brick Johnstone & Dr. Daniel Cohen who are conducting research funded by a sub-grant awarded under the CRNC umbrella. The team is undergoing a Longitudinal Neuroimaging Study of Theistic Relational Cognition in Individuals with Neurologic Dysfunction. In this interview, we discuss what Dr. Johnstone’s team hopes to find in their study as well as the importance of and the future of the field.
Learn more about Dr. Brick Johnstone, PhD, ABPP, Shepherd Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA →
Learn more about Dr. Daniel Cohen, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA →
Dr. Urgesi: CNRC Subproject Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara continue the subproject interview series with Dr. Cosimo Urgesi. Dr. Urgesi and his team are Searching for the Neural Foundations of Spirituality and Religiosity in the Predictive Coding of the Internal and External World. In this interview, we discuss what that study aims to learn as well as its broader implications for the CNRC field as a whole.
Learn more about Dr. Cosimo Urgesi, PhD, University of Udine, Udine, Italy →
Dr. Goodin: CNRC Subproject Interview Series
Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Cognition (CRNC) Project Leaders Dr. Jordan Grafman & Dr. Patrick McNamara continue the subproject interview series with Dr. Joel B. Goodin. Dr. Goodin is conducting A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Religious Attachment to God among Left- vs. Right-Onset Parkinson’s Disease Patients. In this interview, we discuss the importance of this research and its implications.