Editing Religious experience (section)

===Psychiatry and neurology===
{{See also|Mental health of Jesus}}
A 2011 paper suggested that psychiatric conditions associated with [[Psychosis|psychotic]] spectrum symptoms may be possible explanations for revelatory-driven experiences and activities such as those of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Saint Paul. It also proposed that the behavior of the followers of these religious figures could be explained through the lens of psychopathology and group dynamics.{{sfn|Murray|Cunningham|Price|2011}}

[[Temporal lobe epilepsy]] has become a popular field of study due to its correlation to religious experience.{{sfn|Ellison|Levin|1998}}{{sfn|Koenig|2009}}{{sfn|Tedrus|Fonseca|Höehr|2014}}{{sfn|Geschwind|1983}} Religious experiences and hyperreligiosity are often used to characterize those with temporal lobe epilepsy.{{sfn|Landtblom|2006}}{{sfn|Devinsky|2003}} Visionary religious experiences, and momentary lapses of consciousness, may point toward a diagnosis of [[Geschwind syndrome]]. More generally, the symptoms are consistent with features of temporal lobe epilepsy, not an uncommon feature in religious icons and mystics.{{sfn|Devinsky|Schachter|2009}} It seems that this phenomenon is not exclusive to TLE, but can manifest in the presence of other [[Epilepsy|epileptic]] variates{{sfn|Trimble|Freeman|2006}}{{sfn|Sloan|Bagliella|Powell|1999}}{{sfn|Previc|2006}} as well as [[mania]], [[Obsessive–compulsive disorder|obsessive-compulsive disorder]],{{sfn|Sapolsky|1998|pp=263–270}} and [[schizophrenia]], conditions characterized by ventromedial dopaminergic dysfunction.{{sfn|Previc|2006}}