Religious Socialization and Neural Organization
Religious identity and socialization are often assumed to leave detectable signatures in brain structure or function. This project uses data from the Amsterdam Open MRI Collection to test those claims across structural MRI, diffusion imaging, cortical morphology, and naturalistic functional neuroimaging.
Research question
Are religious upbringing, current religiosity, and religious importance associated with measurable differences in brain morphology or with shared neural responses during naturalistic viewing?
Methods
Structural MRI, diffusion MRI, cortical morphometry, naturalistic fMRI, intersubject correlation, and intersubject representational similarity analysis. The structural and functional analyses are presented as outputs within one research program rather than as separate projects.
Current status
Analyses completed; manuscripts in preparation.
Outputs
Manuscripts, analysis code, and supporting materials are forthcoming.
Interested in this work?
Write to contact@religiouscognitioncollab.org or propose a collaboration.