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Is the everyday understanding of belief susceptible to scientific investigation? Belief is one of the most commonly used, yet unexplained terms in neuroscience. Beliefs can be seen as forms of mental representations and one of the building blocks of our conscious thoughts.
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of what we currently know about the neural basis of human belief systems, and how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain. The chapters in this volume explain how the neural correlates of beliefs mediate a range of explicit and implicit behaviours ranging from moral decision making, to the practice of religion. Drawing inferences from philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, religion, and cognitive neuroscience, the book has important implications for understanding how different belief systems are implemented in the human brain, and outlines the directions which research on the cognitive neuroscience of beliefs should take in the future.
The Neural Basis of Human Belief Systems will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of psychology, philosophy, psychiatry, and cognitive neuroscience.
Contents
P.S. Churchland & P.M. Churchland What are Beliefs? R. Langdon & E. Connaughton The Neuropsychology of Belief Formation. R. Patterson & A.K. Barbey A Cognitive Neuroscience Framework for Causal Reasoning. E.B. Falk & M.D. Lieberman The Neural Bases of Attitudes, Evaluation, and Behavior Change. E. de Visser & F. Krueger Interpersonal Trust as a Dynamic Belief. R. de Oliveira-Souza, R. Zahn & J. Moll The Neural Bases of Moral Belief Systems. U. Wagner & H. Walter Neuroscientific Approaches to 'Mens Rea' Assessment. L. Moretti, I. Cristofori, G. Zamboni & A. Sirigu The Neural Structure of Political Belief. J. Bulbulia & U. Schjoedt, The Neural Basis of Religion. V. Bell & P.W. Halligan The Neural Basis of Abnormal Personal Belief. F. Krueger & J. Grafman I Believe to My Soul.
