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Explore the latest publications from the Brain and Belief Center, featuring peer-reviewed research across areas such as moral cognition, cultural neuroscience, non-ordinary experiences, transcendence and mental health.

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Revisiting the Unusual: Investigating the Prevalence and Validity of Nonordinary Experiences as a Window into Consciousness

Fischer R, Bortolini G, Bortolini T, Maraldi E, et al. Research Square / Nature Portfolio (Preprint, Under Review)

The Psychopathology of Mood Disorders: Implications for Identifying Neurocognitive Intervention Targets

Zahn R. Journal of Affective Disorders (2025)

A Neural Network for Religious Fundamentalism Derived from Patients with Brain Lesions

Ferguson MA, Asp EW, Kletenik I, Tranel D, Boes AD, Nelson JM, Schaper FLWVJ, Siddiqi S, Turner JI, Anderson JS, Nielsen JA, Bateman JR, Grafman J, Fox MD. PNAS (2024)

Nonordinary Experiences, Well-being and Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Future Research

Maraldi EO, Taves A, Moll J, Hartle L, Moreira-de-Oliveira ME, Bortolini T, Fischer R et al. Journal of Religion and Health (2024)

Understanding Altruistic Behavior: The Joint Role of Prefrontal Damage and OXTR Genotype

Delikishkina E, Cohen-Zimerman S, Kachian ZR, Krueger F, Gordon B, Grafman J. Neuropsychologia (2023)

Moral Motivation and the Basal Forebrain

Zahn R, de Oliveira-Souza R, Moll J. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (2020)

Blame-Rebalance fMRI Neurofeedback in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomised Proof-of-Concept Trial

Zahn R, Weingartner JH, Basilio R, Bado P, Mattos P, Sato JR, de Oliveira-Souza R, Fontenelle LF, Young AH, Moll J. NeuroImage: Clinical (2019)

Prefrontal Brain Lesions Reveal Magical Ideation Arises from Enhanced Religious Experiences

Zhong W, Krueger F, Wilson M, Bulbulia J, Grafman J. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (2018)

Biological and Cognitive Underpinnings of Religious Fundamentalism

Zhong W, Cristofori I, Bulbulia J, Krueger F, Grafman J. Neuropsychologia (2017)

The Role of Self-Blame and Worthlessness in the Psychopathology of Major Depressive Disorder

Zahn R, Lythe KE, Gethin JA, Green S, Deakin JFW, Young AH, Moll J. Journal of Affective Disorders (2015)

Self-Blame-Selective Hyperconnectivity Between Anterior Temporal and Subgenual Cortices and Prediction of Recurrent Depressive Episodes

Lythe KE, Moll J, Gethin JA, Workman CI, Green S, Lambon Ralph MA, Deakin JFW, Zahn R. JAMA Psychiatry (2015)

Guilt-Selective Functional Disconnection of Anterior Temporal and Subgenual Cortices in Major Depressive Disorder

Green S, Lambon Ralph M, Moll J, Deakin JFW, Zahn R. Archives of General Psychiatry (2012)

Cognitive and Neural Foundations of Religious Belief

Kapogiannis D, Barbey AK, Su M, Zamboni G, Krueger F, Grafman J. PNAS (2009)

The Neural Basis of Human Social Values: Evidence from Functional MRI

Zahn R, Moll J, Paiva M, Garrido G, Krueger F, Huey ED, Grafman J. Cerebral Cortex (2009)

Focal Brain Damage Protects Against Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Combat Veterans

Koenigs M, Huey ED, Raymont V, Cheon B, Solomon J, Wassermann EM, Grafman J. Nature Neuroscience (2008)

The Neural Basis of Moral Cognition: Sentiments, Concepts, and Values

Moll J, De Oliveira-Souza R, Zahn R. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2008)

Social Concepts Are Represented in the Superior Anterior Temporal Cortex

Zahn R, Moll J, Krueger F, Huey ED, Garrido G, Grafman J. PNAS (2007)

Human Fronto-Mesolimbic Networks Guide Decisions about Charitable Donation

Moll J, Krueger F, Zahn R, Pardini M, de Oliveira-Souza R, Grafman J. PNAS (2006)

The Neural Basis of Human Moral Cognition

Moll J, Zahn R, de Oliveira-Souza R, Krueger F, Grafman J. Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2005)

The Role of the Anterior Prefrontal Cortex in Human Cognition

Koechlin E, Basso G, Pietrini P, Panzer S, Grafman J. Nature (1999)

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