Figure 4
Hypothetical model displaying the association among brain regions, faith/religion/spirituality and well-being/quality of life. Brain regions: Prefrontal Cortex (A-I), Temporal Lobe and Superior Temporal Sulcus (A-II), Hippocampus (A-III), Amygdalae (A-IV), Temporal-parietal Junction (B-I), Superior Parietal Lobe (B-II), Inferior Parietal Lobe (B-III), Fusiform Face Area (B-IV), Anterior Cingulate Cortex (C-I), Posterior Cingulate Cortex (C-II), Precuneus (C-III), LS – Limbic System (C-IV). A-I function: Planning, decision-making, working memory, social recognition, reasoning, intentionality, judgement. A-II function: Auditive perception, emotion, memory. A-III function: Short- and long-term memories, navigational skills, emotional processing. A-IV function: Emotional perception, fear, fight and flight action. B-I function: Face recognition, visuospatial perception, auditive-visual-somesthetic integration. B-II: Mental imagery, attention, visuospatial perception, spatial orientation, somatosensory integration. B-III: Self-referential processing, language, sensory information, body image, calculation. B-IV: Facial and objects recognition. C-I: memory retrieval, emotional regulation, self-thinking. C-II: error detection, social processing, attention, motivation, emotional regulation. C-III: navigational skills, episodic memory, mental imagery, self-consciousness. C-IV: emotional processing, pleasure sense, alertness, memory, surveillance behavior, thirst, hunger, thermoregulation. Based on van Elk, M. & Aleman, A study1919 Rohani C, Abedi HA, Omranipour R, Langius-Eklöf A. Health-related quality of life and the predictive role of sense of coherence, spirituality and religious coping in a sample of Iranian women with breast cancer: A prospective study with comparative design. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015;13(1). religious and spirituality experiences are processed by specific brain circuitry, such as: A-III→A-IV→A-II→B-IV (visions, hallucinations, Déjà-vu experiences); B-I→B-II→B-III (mystical experiences, self-transcendence, out-of-body experiences, feeling of a presence); C-I→C-III→B-III→A-II (mystical experiences, Ego-dissolution, reflective religious beliefs); A-I→A-II→B-I (prayer, belief in personal God, over-attribution of agency). C-I→A-I→C-IV (openness to religious authority and rituals).
Figure 4
Hypothetical model displaying the association among brain regions, faith/religion/spirituality and well-being/quality of life. Brain regions: Prefrontal Cortex (A-I), Temporal Lobe and Superior Temporal Sulcus (A-II), Hippocampus (A-III), Amygdalae (A-IV), Temporal-parietal Junction (B-I), Superior Parietal Lobe (B-II), Inferior Parietal Lobe (B-III), Fusiform Face Area (B-IV), Anterior Cingulate Cortex (C-I), Posterior Cingulate Cortex (C-II), Precuneus (C-III), LS – Limbic System (C-IV). A-I function: Planning, decision-making, working memory, social recognition, reasoning, intentionality, judgement. A-II function: Auditive perception, emotion, memory. A-III function: Short- and long-term memories, navigational skills, emotional processing. A-IV function: Emotional perception, fear, fight and flight action. B-I function: Face recognition, visuospatial perception, auditive-visual-somesthetic integration. B-II: Mental imagery, attention, visuospatial perception, spatial orientation, somatosensory integration. B-III: Self-referential processing, language, sensory information, body image, calculation. B-IV: Facial and objects recognition. C-I: memory retrieval, emotional regulation, self-thinking. C-II: error detection, social processing, attention, motivation, emotional regulation. C-III: navigational skills, episodic memory, mental imagery, self-consciousness. C-IV: emotional processing, pleasure sense, alertness, memory, surveillance behavior, thirst, hunger, thermoregulation. Based on van Elk, M. & Aleman, A study1919 Rohani C, Abedi HA, Omranipour R, Langius-Eklöf A. Health-related quality of life and the predictive role of sense of coherence, spirituality and religious coping in a sample of Iranian women with breast cancer: A prospective study with comparative design. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015;13(1). religious and spirituality experiences are processed by specific brain circuitry, such as: A-III→A-IV→A-II→B-IV (visions, hallucinations, Déjà-vu experiences); B-I→B-II→B-III (mystical experiences, self-transcendence, out-of-body experiences, feeling of a presence); C-I→C-III→B-III→A-II (mystical experiences, Ego-dissolution, reflective religious beliefs); A-I→A-II→B-I (prayer, belief in personal God, over-attribution of agency). C-I→A-I→C-IV (openness to religious authority and rituals).
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