@cicerone imposter,
Most studies on prayer come to the opposite conclusion of what you report
The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul
Mario Beauregard
"using Carmelite nuns as subjects, Beauregard's group at the University of Montreal found specific areas of brain activation associated with contemplative prayer. But these patterns are quite distinct from those associated with hallucinations, autosuggestion or states of intense emotional arousal, resembling instead how the brain processes real experiences. "