The Fascinating Human Brain- Part 8: The Hippocampus Points to God

Have you heard enough about the Hippocampus?

I just want to point out a few tidbits that will bring together the biological and the spiritual, and nourish your faith!

If God hadn't given us a hippocampus...

-we couldn't learn from our mistakes...

-we couldn't understand ourselves in relation to other people...

And do you see how faith nurtures the hippocampus?

-how an understanding of grace, forgiveness, and love neutralizes stress responses that damage the brain?

-how God has caused our brains to chemically respond (the release of oxytocin) to love and nourishing experiences in a way that reacts against cortisol (toxic stress chemicals)?

-and thus how practicing Faith is healthy for your hippocampus?

Yes! We are whole people whose minds, bodies, emotions, relationships, spiritual lives, etc... are all tied together!