I would of never gone as far to say or conduct a study that religious fundamentalist might literally be brain damaged individuals, but apparently: Three universities got together and studied and tested this idea, and had the results published in the journal Neuropsychologia.
The study finds: "religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known as the prefrontal cortex."
They did a study on Vietnam vets that had prefrontal cortex injuries and compared it to a control group that did not have prefrontal cortex damage and found statistically relevant data that can be concluded that essentially people that are religiously fundamentalist can be considered to have at least a statistically relevant link to diagnosable prefrontal cortex brain damage. Wow. Perhaps others smarter than me can read the study better than I can.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28392301
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393217301318?via%...
Above to links are behind paywalls. I probably should not provide links to complete article. ;)
Here is an opinion piece on it. That may help clarify for those that do not wish to read the study itself.
https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/scientists-have-established-link-bet...
And another:
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/study-finds-link-between-brain-damage-an...
What do you all think about this?
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