[Oatka]

That was my sloppy term for that part of the brain, when stimulated, gives the person the feeling of a religious experience. Years back I read where neurosurgeons were able to recreate these experiences in just such a manner.

Put "NDE brain" in Google and check some of them out.

One of interest is at: http://skepdic.com/nde.html but there are probably more from scientific sites.

[Ignatz]

I think you may have misunderstood my question: Why is the brain capable of religious experience?
Years ago, I read an interview (Omni magazine) with some scientist or "brain doctor" of some type, who said that spirituality must exist because the mind was capable of spiritual experience.
According to him, it "wouldn't be adaptive" if there were no spirituality. It made sense to me, and certainly gave me pause to consider!